Promoting Open Source in Schools

[Christopher Browne]

On 12/17/05, phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org <phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> There is also the issue that teachers are often totally occupied by
> teaching. They don't have time to deal with *any* glitches or
> idiosyncracies in the operating system. So for it to be accepted, it has
> to be a completely turnkey, foolproof operation.

That _feels_ contradictory...  Windows is anything but "foolproof"
unless it is being managed in some pretty spectacularly draconian
manner.  It's so easy for it to be totally destabilized as soon as you
have the ability to (say) access the Internet by virtue of the
all-too-common virus-deployment mechanisms like IE/OE...
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