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Re: [News] Linux Literature Reaches Teenagers, Novell Promotes .NET

  • Subject: Re: [News] Linux Literature Reaches Teenagers, Novell Promotes .NET
  • From: "[H]omer" <spam@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:10:20 +0100
  • In-reply-to: <3869652.7udddaJZvO@schestowitz.com>
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Slated.org
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Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> Novell schoolbooks introduce tomorrow's developers to Linux
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Novell today announced a set of schoolbooks to teach open source, Linux
> | and basic programming skills to children aged 13-16. The books are
> | available now through the Novell Academic Training Partner programme.
> | 
> | [...]
> | 
> | The ultimate goal of the series is to give students a solid grounding
> | in programming using the Mono/C# framework.
> `----
> 
> http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/business/2007/0704190804.asp?A=ELR&S=Training%20and%20e-Learning&O=FPIN
> http://tinyurl.com/2h2hqc

*Mono*?
*C#*?

Blasphemers!

They might as well teach them BASIC.

To *hell* with that garbage. Teach them C. Give them a foundation in a
*real* programming language.

> Maybe Microsoft will deliver free matchboxes to the region (for book
> burning).

No, I think the .Net bomb that Novell is deploying for Microsoft will be
destructive enough.

-- 
K.
http://slated.org

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| which has caused me to lose data ... unfortunately this product
| is unfit for any user. - [H]ardOCP, <http://tinyurl.com/3bpfs2>
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