[LINK] SOFTWARE / WINDOWS VERSUS LINUX

stephen at melbpc.org.au stephen at melbpc.org.au
Tue May 15 01:52:47 AEST 2007


----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Glen Turner" <gdt at gdt.id.au>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 8:21 AM
Subject: Re: [LINK] SOFTWARE / WINDOWS VERSUS LINUX


> They almost got to the stage of having no sales in computer
> science, but seem to have realised at the last moment how very,
> very bad that would be for Microsoft's future and have now dropped
> their pants on pricing and are praying CS / IT / engineering students
> will come back (I don't think they will).

Yes, Glen. Even at the secondary level things are changing. Not
very long ago high school programming was exclusively VB, .NET etc

Now, we are seeing emails such as below being normal. It's almost
unimaginable that things will revert to what they were in terms of MS
and programing, even within your local high schools ..

----- Original Message ----- 

From: 'Paul ..' 
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 11:21 PM
Subject: [Yr7-10it] programming curriculum

> Good evening list,
> 
> I am in the process of developing a curriculum for a Year 10 elective
> in programming .. there is an enormous range of options from the more
> popular products eg. Gamemaker and Visual Basic to Python, Ruby,
> BlueJ, and Robocode (very cool!) just to scratch the surface.
> 
> I believe that a good grounding in Java or C based language is probably
> beneficial, but I don't want to overwhelm the students with an overly
> technical approach.  Then again, I don't want them to be purely based in
> Microsoft products and GUI development. Could anyone else share their
> ideas and experiences in what works and what doesn't? Your wisdom and
> feedback is much appreciated! Regards, Paul. (well known private school)
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Cheers, Glen
Stephen Loosley
Victoria, Australia



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