Re:Schools should be using open source software
by fartcannon on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @01:17AM
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Well if schools are just kid jail, then sure. But if they're a place for raising future generations, then as a benefit to society, it sounds pretty good to me. And all for a, let's face it, trivial amount of effort.
If the school boards change or the gov changes, so will the software makers. Support groups will be plentiful because they all just follow the money. Just like they did for chromeOS, only this time there will be less built-in spyware.
Re:Schools should be using open source software
by whywhywhywhy on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @05:07AM
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Public schools are kid jail.
>But if they're a place for raising future generations, then as a benefit to society
Anyone who has been to a public school should be well aware they are not a place that breeds greatness. More a place that hammers it down.
Re:Schools should be using open source software
by fartcannon on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @09:39AM
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It truly is a sad state of affairs, isn't it?
that's putting the cart before the horse.
Schools, like most non-tech enterprises, have problems to solve that are bigger than the choice of OS on their IT systems. If the end result of switching out of windows is basically the same outcome as having windows (aka, they've replaced some office programs, and other domain specific programs with a linux compatible version), then what is the value proposition _to the school_? The only value proposition of this switch is to society and free software movement in general, which the school doesn't really directly benefit from.