Used IT Books

[James Knott]

Kamran wrote:
> Zbigniew Koziol wrote:
>> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Kamran <linuxdarkstar-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>
>>> They want to learn basic Microsoft Admin stuff to get tech support 
>>> jobs so
>>> it does seem reasonable.
>>>
>>
>> Does it make sense at all? Such things need to be learned by using the
>> computer, not from books. At least I used to do that my way. And....
>> dont forget about google. Thats the largest library.
>
>
> I have all the necessary hardware and software for them to learn on. 
> The reality is that some of them have a very poor education.  They 
> don't have the resourcefulness to even use google let alone understand 
> the material they find.  They need a significant amount of hand 
> holding, at least to get started.  As such books are useful to give 
> them a resource they can read on their own with minimal frustration.
>
> Thanks for your offer of the Linux books but I think they won't be 
> able to benefit from them.  Thanks to everyone else who provided 
> resources and suggestions.

It sounds like they'll need a lot of help to become competent tech 
support.  Then again, Sympatico might hire them.  ;-)


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