Re: [OS:N:] Article on Open source home school

["M. Fioretti" <mfioretti nexaima net>]

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 07:42:35 AM -0500, Gary Frederick wrote:
 
> I hope to get my wife's homeschool (note the correct spelling...)
> mailing list involved in getting you info. It will take a few days
> to do that and then the responses (if any) will be slow coming back.

OK, thanks.

> A homeschool that uses open source may not use Linux. OpenOffice.org
> should be used in all schools and there's other open source software
> that's as good (gimp and Firefox come to mind).

absolutely yes. If we made of this an all-or-nothing issue we'be wrong
and we would also accomplish much less. Besides, I think a very
important thing which is maybe even more important in homeschooling is
to teach respect of law and playing by the rules. First thing is to
not violate licenses. So if you bought a PC with Windows included and
then use OpenOffice on it to not install Microsoft Office illegally,
that's an excellent start, something which shouldn't be dismissed
because you didn't switch 100% to FOSS.
 
> I do want conversation on the list - if it is of general interest.
> AND I do encourage others to get in touch with Marco if you can
> help. He is one of the good guys :-)

Thanks :-)

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