Originally Posted by
Robert C
I teach at a middle school in Kansas. It seems a odd direction for a person who got his MBA in California; but I am hoping it works out. I only have about a 2 mile ride in the morning now.
I tried Linux several times it always came down to the reality that I needs to get work done more than I need a hobby (fighting with Linux). As a result Linux has never been my main OS.
I remember I was supporting an SCO system and I remember shouting into the darkness one night, "if anyone ever writes a usable version of UNIX, I'll buy it!" Not long after that Apple came out with OSX (yes, I know it is BSD instead of System V; but it's still UNIX). Since then I had, primarily been a OSX person.
Of course, at the school I teach Windows because that is what the school is tied to. I would like to add a Linux server to the classroom so the students can get some UNIX exposure; but, as much as I hate to say it, they aren't that advanced or interested in computers. Not a one of them has even bothered really looking at the copies of 2600 I leave in my classroom.
To kids raised with computers, the thing is simply an appliance... akin to the toaster or washing machine. It does what they want, when they want it. Why should they have to learn "computing?"
Of course the reality is that like any other engineering career, there are going to be folks that are quite good at a particular something, like writing code... and they WILL dig into the computer... just as much as some others would take to the arts. But to expect that all young folks would be drawing to the computer is really not realistic, any more than expecting all to be drawn to paint brushes.