[IAEP] USB based access in Australia

[Jonas Smedegaard]

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On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:58:21AM -0500, Sebastian Silva wrote:
>2008/12/11  <forster at ozonline.com.au>:

>> The high fee private schools have more incentive to move to open 
>> source, the cost of software per student is quite high, but nearly 
>> all still prefer to go with MS is it is seen as an industry standard. 
>> This misses the point that IT education is not about learning to 
>> operate specific packages but to use them as tools to think with.
>
>The point must be made that a mere cost analysis, while powerful and 
>also in our favor, misses the point. What is the social cost of 
>alienating the user from the technology? What is the cultural cost of 
>limiting expression and sharing? What are we teaching children?

Well said!


   - Jonas

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