__/ [ Geico Caveman ] on Wednesday 13 September 2006 16:20 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Half the money must be used for software and the other half for hardware
>> | and other services including curriculum development, training and
>> | supplemental services for school administrators.
>> `----
>>
>> "Half the money MUST be used for software", i.e. forget about OSS and
>> Linux.
>
> Hardly. They could buy a bunch of Matlab,Mathematica,Oracle, etc. licenses
> to run on their Linux machines. The statement above just says it must be
> spent on some software. Not which software.
I wasn't thinking about this possibility at the time. Your point is valid.
To give another side of this, I don't think student should be taught or
forced to use MATLAB, Mathematica, or any product that is bound to a company
(I use MATLAB myself because I pretty much need to collaborate with others
who use it). Octave should be fine for schools and one of the OS databases
should be a good start as well. It is, after all, what many startups depend
on for existence (affordability being an important factor).
Best wishes,
Roy
--
Roy S. Schestowitz
http://Schestowitz.com | Free as in Free Beer ¦ PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E
Cpu(s): 19.2% user, 2.7% system, 0.9% nice, 77.2% idle
http://iuron.com - semantic engine to gather information
|
|
