>Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 13:32:00 -0400
>From: John Goggan <jgoggan_at_dcg.com>
>Subject: Re: [NTLK] eMac, eMate, are we getting somewhere?
>
>
>In fact, I'd find it hard to recommend myself. I mean, regardless of how
>cool/awesome/whatever someone might think some current Mac is, I'm not sure
>I'd recommend a large body of students grow up using them at school. It just
>isn't likely to be what they will be using later...
John, I do not want to insult anyone on the list for using Windows,
but I really really dislike this argument. Yes, possibly they will be
forced to work with some WinTel later, but why not even show
alternatives anymore?
"Do not get a pet, they die after a while."
If you stop showing young people, who are tomorrows decisionmakers,
alternatives, you cut commercial freedom at its root, they will
become blind drones with "it's always been like that" mantras.
I am still a little too young to have kids (IMHO), but maybe I will
have some one day. I will want my children to be educated in an
environment that provides the best conditions for their creativity.
This might be more than ten years from now, but somehow I cannot
imagine Windows to be a part of it. I just do not want Microsoft to
raise my children.
Oliver
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