Subj : Re: WinXP
To   : GORDON HUFF
From : JAY EMRIE
Date : Tue Sep 06 2005 11:48 am

GH> AZ>Personally, I find more free education-friendly software available 
GH> AZ> on the Windows platform than on Linux, but that may change over time.
GH> AX> There's a Ubuntu project aiming at creating a Linux distribution 
GH> AZ> specificly aimed at education, for example.

GH> JE> The above is all well and good, but what are these kids that are
GH> JE> exposed to Ubuntu/Linux going to do when they get out in the real world
GH> JE> where Windows is more than 90% of the OSs in use?

GH>There are two answers:

GH>First, all computers are intimately 
GH>related - anything you learn on one helps with the others. The
GH>question is - what is the best learning environment - flat file 
GH>configuration and the like - and what does it cost - the price 
GH>of the software, the labor, the hardware and the venders you have 
GH>to deal with.

That is quit true. ANYTHING learned on one platform can/will help one
learn on another platform.

GH>Second, the computer landscape can change in a few years.
GH>Unix-like software has driven proprietary software like
GH>Apollo and VMS and most recently Apple Macintosh out of the
GH>marketplace. (Today's Mac is a version of FreeBSD.)
GH>Now that Apple is changing to Intel hardware, the chance of
GH>a sea change is coming. M$ has to do something wonderful
GH>or they are at risk.

Let many/most of us pray the MS actually does do something wonderful,
but I am not going to hold my breath.

Jay
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