[LINK] Microsoft pushes Vista for school laptops

[Michael Skeggs mike@bystander.net]

2009/2/9 Bernard Robertson-Dunn <brd at iimetro.com.au>

> Microsoft pushes Vista for school laptops
> <SNIP>
>
> "The familiarity benefits of Windows can't be overestimated. The
> retraining that would be required to transition to open source far
> outweighs the benefit," Jackson said.
> </SNIP>


Interesting counter point would be if school kids get Linux/open office they
might not view the effort to learn MS products worth the bother, when they
can just download the software they have become familiar with.
I also like the implicit acknowledgment that there is more benefit with open
software, but the retraining is a hassle. So by extension kids coming into
school would be best served with using OSS from the get go, to realise the
benefits admitted by Microsoft.
;-)

Regards,
Michael Skeggs