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Re:Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) by boomboomsubban on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @11:10AM (#24482041)
The reason everything outside of school uses those products is that the workforce is trained to use them.
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Re:Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) by rimliu on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @03:38AM (#24490398)
Yes. Ant there is a thing called inertia. Feel free to fight it.
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Re:Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) by TallGuyShort on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @12:22PM (#24494165)
Yeah see my previous comment, "But most of the arguments I hear against even considering the alternatives just sound like resistance to change for the sake of it." Poor arguments. If a lot of businesses start using Google Docs, shouldn't schools abandon Office?
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