[ubuntu-uk] Teacher claims Linux 'holding back the kids'

[Matt Jones]

The follow up blog post adds a lot of information, it isn't quite as the
register makes it out to be, unsurprisingly.
Mj
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:30 PM, Michael Rimicans <
heed at bigmassiveheed.co.uk> wrote:

> Sorry that its not about Ubuntu but.....
>
> "A US student has landed in hot water with an irate - and apparently
> ill-informed - teacher for handing out discs of Linux.
>
> The teacher swiped the discs and promised to prosecute Linux evangelist
> Helios for alleged - but unspecified - "illegal" activities, saying
> HeliOs is "misleading" students about Linux and holding them back.
>
> The teacher - called Karen and whose second name has been withheld -
> said students needed to learn Windows,
> not Linux....."
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/15/helios_linux_texas_teacher/
>
>
> In your own time discuss...
>
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