Ubuntu vs Freespire

[Steve Barnhart]

Umm except for the fact that all hammers are basically the same. There
may be many kinds of software that when it comes down to it, is used
to do the same thing, but does it differently. What exactly should the
kids be taught then? Just grammar? Tools that every wordproccessor
should have?

On 8/23/06, Felipe Alfaro Solana <felipe.alfaro at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I think the issue is that the kids learn to use office in school. How close
> > the openoffice functionality is to the ms office functionality, the
> > interface isn't quite the same.
>
> I understand your situation, but I wonder why kids are taught MS
> Office at school.
>
> When people study to be a carpenter, they are not taught to use hammer
> brand XYZ, but any hammer in general. The problem with MS Office is
> that nearly everyone out there believe it's a hammer when, in fact, is
> a hammer brand MS. There are other office suites brands, like
> OpenOffice.org, but...
>
> People should be taught to use any kind of tool, not tools from just a
> single brand. Else, when brand XYZ disappears, there will a lot of
> people that will have to re-learn what they already learnt in the
> past. What a waste of time.
>
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Steve