Re: [ubuntu-uk] Teacher claims Linux 'holding back the kids'

2008-12-16 Thread Robert Flatters
Hi Al Yes i did read it, but my brain must have misted up at that point and blanked the sexual orientation of the teacher thereby assuming it was a male. l did think about saying he/she but i didn't. Anyway at the end of the day "She" is supposed to be a teacher thereby giving the students an oppo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Teacher claims Linux 'holding back the kids'

2008-12-16 Thread Alan Pope
2008/12/16 Robert Flatters : > The Teacher should have stop and thought about what he said. You cannot come > out with such a thing when its a know fact there is more OS than just > Windows. > The teacher should apologised for his out burst and gone for a cooling off. > Have you actually _read_ th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Teacher claims Linux 'holding back the kids'

2008-12-16 Thread Stephen O'Neill
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 16/12/08 13:02, Robert Flatters wrote: > The Teacher should have stop and thought about what he said. You cannot > come out with such a thing when its a know fact there is more OS than > just Windows. It cannot be assumed that all people know all

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Teacher claims Linux 'holding back the kids'

2008-12-16 Thread Robert Flatters
The Teacher should have stop and thought about what he said. You cannot come out with such a thing when its a know fact there is more OS than just Windows. The teacher should apologised for his out burst and gone for a cooling off. Regards mg_bob :D On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:35 PM, Paul Sutton

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Teacher claims Linux 'holding back the kids'

2008-12-15 Thread Paul Sladen
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008, Paul Sutton wrote: > Matt Jones wrote: > > The follow up blog post adds a lot of information, > she gave em, back, and was more worried about what else was on them, For those who'd like to read it first (second) hand, the follow-up is: http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/12/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Teacher claims Linux 'holding back the kids'

2008-12-15 Thread Paul Sutton
Matt Jones wrote: > The follow up blog post adds a lot of information, it isn't quite as > the register makes it out to be, unsurprisingly. > Mj > On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:30 PM, Michael Rimicans > mailto:h...@bigmassiveheed.co.uk>> wrote: > > Sorry that its not about Ubuntu but. > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Teacher claims Linux 'holding back the kids'

2008-12-15 Thread Matt Jones
The follow up blog post adds a lot of information, it isn't quite as the register makes it out to be, unsurprisingly. Mj On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:30 PM, Michael Rimicans < h...@bigmassiveheed.co.uk> wrote: > Sorry that its not about Ubuntu but. > > "A US student has landed in hot water with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Teacher claims Linux 'holding back the kids'

2008-12-15 Thread Paul Sutton
Michael Rimicans wrote: > Sorry that its not about Ubuntu but. > > "A US student has landed in hot water with an irate - and apparently > ill-informed - teacher for handing out discs of Linux. > > The teacher swiped the discs and promised to prosecute Linux evangelist > Helios for alleged - b

[ubuntu-uk] Teacher claims Linux 'holding back the kids'

2008-12-15 Thread Michael Rimicans
Sorry that its not about Ubuntu but. "A US student has landed in hot water with an irate - and apparently ill-informed - teacher for handing out discs of Linux. The teacher swiped the discs and promised to prosecute Linux evangelist Helios for alleged - but unspecified - "illegal" activitie