Unfortunate Ubuntu media coverage

John McGregor mr.mcgregor-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Thu Jan 15 18:41:39 UTC 2009


E K wrote:
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> I bet she would have similar problems with windows as well. The main difference will be that will not be reported at all. I see many people who can "live" with any problem as long as it is Windows while they can't stand Linux for the slightest problem. It is all a matter of perception.
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> On the other hand, I had taken a Systems Analysis and Design course at Ryerson and sadly the instructor was not even interested to hear about linux or open source software. The option she gave the students was to use either Word 2000 or Word 97 document (not even PDF was acceptable for her) for submission and Visio or Rational Rose for UML modeling. She was gave me a bit of a warning that I am on my own if Umbrello's models (symbols and diagraming) are not 100% compatible to Visio's when I told her I will be using Umbrelo for UML modeling. She, being a university professor teaching systems analysis and design, should have been the last person to discourage students from exploring alternative software.
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That's not the professors's doing. Ryerson uses an anti-plagiarism 
service that is strictly Windows centric. Any written work must be also 
be submitted to the service and it will only accept work that originated 
from a Windows box or a Mac. If this service hasn't recorded your 
effort, the professor is prohibited from marking it even if it was 
submitted to him / her on time. When I was there I wrote my stuff in 
Open Office, saved it in .doc on a usb stick and then used one of the 
school's computers to submit it to the service.  It was a pain in the ass.

John
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