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teledyn ð“‚€

@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social

25 years ago I proposed to a schoolboard they could save a whopping bill by switching to open source alternatives, indeed dropping the NT server licenses alone would be enough to build and staff one new school per year!

I was told, with a straight face, matter of fact, that "to prepare children for their future means teaching the commercial products we use today."

They then outsourced their IT to a certified Microsoft partner.

And people wonder why I'm no fan of Public Education.

7 June at 16:35 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mstdn.ca
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*The* Paul Brown

@teledyn @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social

No necessarily a "Public Education" issue. Often it is corporations interfering in public institutions. At the _public_ faculties of computer science unis in Extremadura and Málaga I heard the same. A little probing revealed that Microsoft, Adobe and Oracle were funding labs and researchers, and lavishing gifts on the professors.

7 June at 16:49 | Open on social.tchncs.de
teledyn ð“‚€

@Bro666 @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I was there when Apple descended on academia with deep preditory discounts and even purchasing all wall space on St George subway station to flog their underpowered overpriced sewn-up tight proprietary products.

It was an obvious trap, but few cared. A laptop 90% off? Gee, that's gotta be a good deal…

I ran yggdrasil Linux, some were intrigued by my ability to keep working while a document printed, but not enough to part with their pretty Mac.

youtu.be/-m30aaI5Yf8?si=vRRvH7

@Bro666 @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I was there when Apple descended on academia with deep preditory discounts and even purchasing all wall space on St George subway station to flog their underpowered overpriced sewn-up tight proprietary products.

It was an obvious trap, but few cared. A laptop 90% off? Gee, that's gotta be a good deal…

7 June at 17:01 | Open on mstdn.ca
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