On 13 June 2013 11:48, Paul Sutton <zl...@zleap.net> wrote: > On 13/06/13 11:25, Byte Soup wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> In light of some recent discussions I've seen on this list it seems a >> lot of folks are keen to promote Linux and see it deployed and used >> more especially on the desktop. I've been using Ubuntu daily (plus >> some other distros on and off) for a few years now. I love it and >> wouldn't switch back, however I have no real gripe against windows. >> >> I have been wondering on one thing though, would we really want to see >> a greater uptake of Linux by the general population? I think we can >> agree that partially the success of windows has made it a target for >> criminals and malware. So if for whatever reason tomorrow we saw a >> massive uptake then where would that leave us? Would it really be a >> good thing? >> >> -Mark >> >> > I don't think education is ready, there are lots of courses out there > for Windows, Office etc ann very little for Linux where would we get > the tutors to educate the tutors, and we would need to suggest a min > standard of knowledge, who educates the tutors. or can we take our vast > selt taught knowledgfe, do a 7302 and teach, it won't work like that due > to the narrow minded ness of the people who run the courses, we can > here, but as soon as you add the other factors it becomes no go area > for geeks. > > not just a 7302 + Maths and English at Level 2, if we are to educate > the masses do we even need teachers we should create online education > for free, if that was developed or needs to be developed FIRST, take a > look at alison.com, what we need there is a few basic to advanced > courses on using Linux on the desktop, hey there isn't much on using > apple desktops so what chance have we got.
I'm afraid I can't follow your message. I don't know what "7302" means and I find your phrasing impenetrable. But the battle in UK education was lost decades ago, mainly when schools dropped Acorn and went Windows. The point of education should be to teach methods, ideas and concepts. Not to teach tools: that is not education, that is vocational training. Acorn kit had its OS in ROM, was pretty robust and fairly tamper-proof, and required little support. It had excellent educational tools but little commercial productivity software. It was about teaching programming and how to use a computer. Instead, we now have overworked underpaid teachers having to support Windows networks, the single most insecure platform there has ever been in the history of computers, and all they are teaching is basic MS Office skills. The war is lost. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
