financialexpress.com — After the cola ban it is now the turn of Microsoft to log out of Kerala. Children in 12500 high schools in the state will not be taught Windows. Instead instructors are lining up Linux for them. Kerala has 99.9% Literacy.No Tech Support Comments Please
Aug 26, 2006 View in Crawl 4
i440Aug 27, 2006
"Serves microsoft right!"Serves Microsoft right for what?
agretAug 27, 2006
If you know how to use Linux you'll pick Windows up really quickly....and hate it :)
t3hxAug 27, 2006
It's really not hard to learn Windows compared to any other platform. Apart from the instability and other stuff, it's really not that hard.
Closed AccountAug 27, 2006
Why is this newsworthy?
martalliAug 27, 2006
I learned to use windows, macs, dos, netware, and unix at college essentially on my own. Since I'm a little old, and my school district was a little behind, my high school was using TRS-80's to teach pascal. It didn't hold me back from learning all of the above and doing great in pascal and c classes I took just for fun later on (I was a bio major). Besides, people are not learning windows administration at school, they're learning to click on menus to start up ms word. That's no different than clicking on the big K to bring up OOo. Don't worry, people will be just fine without learning Windows in high school.
Closed AccountAug 27, 2006
Boy, people can't take a joke, can they?
glycolizedAug 27, 2006
Why is this newsworthy?Maybe because the implications of 12,500 high schools teaching linux is a big deal. Hell, from what I gather here, there is about 25,000 high schools in the whole US.<a class="user" href="http://www.publicpurpose.com/gf-edschd.htm">http://www.publicpurpose.com/gf-edschd.htm</a>That surely will make a difference in 10 years, especially if any other Indian states follow suit. A lot of the comments here are assuming that the US is the center of the universe in regards to technology, industry, and economics. That may not always be the case in the future, so comments like "95% of the world...", and "to get into college you'll need...", are pretty short-sighted.Seriously, do you think that a kid that has learned his computer literacy on linux machines is going to be educationally crippled when they get to college and they are typing freshman english papers on Word?
Closed AccountAug 29, 2006Submitter
Hey the President of India likes it. What do you expect ?
drinkittAug 30, 2006
So they're using Linux because they can't ~steal~ windows anymore? Not exactly a ringing endorsement of Linux.
Closed AccountSep 1, 2006Submitter
Neoknight, I was talking about NTRs TDP. I know his son-in-law lifted it. NTR is the name of the person who started the ban in the first place.
abhishekkantSep 8, 2006
this decision is more political than than anything else. trust politicians to continue in their worst form at most unlikely places:<a class="user" href="http://abhishekkant.blogspot.com/2006/09/technology-myopia-in-kerala.html">http://abhishekkant.blogspot.com/2006/09/technology-myopia-in-kerala.html</a>
sksimhaluSep 23, 2006
Guys, take a break, listen to scorpions----- "Under the same sun"
geekestJan 22, 2007
after 148 days im f**king around this just to f**king proclaim my f**king presence bitches!
binnyvaJan 23, 2007
My thoughts about this subject.<a class="user" href="http://blog.binnyva.com/2006/09/linux-in-kerala/">http://blog.binnyva.com/2006/09/linux-in-kerala/</a>I am living in Kerala - and have been using Linux for over 2 years now.
Closed AccountApr 20, 2007
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