On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 11:34:48PM +0530, Andrew Suares wrote:
Hi Daryl,
On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 20:00, Daryl Martyris wrote:
- We are talking about computer skills not computer aided learning. That is
a seperate topic in itself. I have looked at the syllabi for a couple of other states, and they don't differ much..a spreadsheet is a spreadsheet is a spreadsheet, and a desktop is a desktop and there are just so many things to be learnt about them. How they are taught is another matter, and not part of the syllabus IMHO.
- It you think its possible to generisize, thats great. In looking through
the syllabus, I felt that it was necessary to replace windows specific terms with Linux specific terms.
we need a volunteer to go through the syllabus and replace the MS terms with Linux ones e.g. Windows with Linux, Ms Office with abiword, Excel with Gnumeric, so that it can be presented to the Goa Board.
When it comes to GNU/Linux, I don't think that it's advisable to specifically mention the name of the program. I mean, what if the company decides to discontinue the GPL for the particular package? Obviously, it would be illegal to still distribute the software which in turn would make the references in the books obsolete. An example would be Star Office. How long is abiword,gnumeric etc going to be free?
How many applications do you know which were GPLd and have since become propreitary? On the other hand I know several non-GPLd applications which have become GPLd later. This logical possibility cannot be a valid argument for not talking about applications like gnumeric.
Nagarjuna