[DC LoCo] [Fwd: Re: DC computer refurbishing and open sourcesoftware...]

[Riley hamilton]

I have direct not very scientifical proof that kids do not care
whether their PC has Microsoft or Ubuntu.  At cafe alfishawy this
summer we had kids with very limited exposure to PC's ( except games
and myspace) setting up and tearing down both microsoft and ubuntu
machines.  One of the teachers even taught digital editing etc.on the
ubuntu machines.  Needless to say the kids did not have much of
problem making the jump.  They actually cared less than the teachers.

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Kevin Cole <kjcole at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Kevin Cole wrote:
>  > My "snotty" side was tempted to write back to Mr. Dodge with a comment
>  > like "The fact/theory/rumor that DC kids are either less educated or
>  > less intelligent than students in developing countries isn't a
>  > software problem." But I resisted. ;-)
>
>  P.S. Lest it wasn't clear, I also think that it's largely "attitude" both
>       on the part of the students, AND the teachers / parents / sources of
>       computers that somehow because of socio-economic circumstance that
>       kids are somehow incapable of jumping the digital divide with FOSS.
>       Hence the reference to "theory/rumor" above and I should have added
>       "myth". ;-)  Sometimes those sorts of emphases get lost in e-mail.
>
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