<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> SNIPPET: <>1) If the parents think the children are being > > somehow handicapped by using Linux, they should be > > shown some of the articles I've seen on the internet </> >From a teachers point of view the thought that students are being handicapped is pure bunk. My students routinely change operating system without even blinking. They use K12LTSP Linux in school, e-mail work to themselves, continue working on it in Windows at home, send it back to themselves, and the next school day just keep on keepin' on. Also their ability to change platforms is not limited to Linux and Windows but also to MAC OS versions 5 through 10. I even have one student who uses OS-2 because his dad brought a junk machine home from work one day. All in all I feel it is the parents who are handicapped and through lack of knowledge are handicapping their children as well. Pat </body> </html>