Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 10th Jan 2007 22:59 UTC
In a surprise criticism of Microsoft, the UK government's schools computer agency, has warned that deploying Vista carries too much risk and that its benefits are unclear. Becta, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, said on Wednesday that it 'strongly recommends' schools do not deploy Microsoft's next operating system within the next 12 months. And in a further dig at Microsoft, Becta argues there are no 'must-have' features in Vista and that "technical, financial and organisational challenges associated with early deployment currently make [Vista] a high-risk strategy."
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2005-10-06
@cyclops. Glad I gave you a chuckle.
IMHO the most important thing you can give kids is to teach them how to use a file manager. Any file manager, Windows Explorer - Konqueror - Nautilus - Thunar, whatever. They will be OK on any computer then, because the file manager will open the file in whatever that operating system decides is the best app for it.
Serious disclaimer - I am not a teacher of kids (though I have done some adult education work).