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linux-for-education.org = a huge resource

Chris Dawson's Blog = a huge waste of timeRE: linux-for-education.org = a huge resourceThanks-for-educating-me = great article blogFar less of a waste of time than any/all of your postsBut you already knew that.OMGZ!!you told me!! your such a dork.Yet you continueto read it and to post snide comments to it....

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Recruitment & Selection, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, job, Chris Dawson

Discussion threads 2009-08-27

Kindle lawsuit not so 'ridiculous'

Chris Dawson thinks this: If you don't like buying online products only to have them remotely deleted without so much as a "have a nice day," ... Don't buy a bloody Kindle! Chris thinks that Amazon's terms of service create...

Tags: Lawsuit, Amazon.com Inc., Digital Content, Chris Dawson, Chris, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Why the hell would anyone actually use AOL???

Why the hell would anyone actually use AOL???Everyone is just so eager these daysto pronounce judgement on others because they make decisions different than you. It's juvenile. Instead of insulting people like your superintendent, why don't you just ask him what he finds appealing about AOL and see if you...

Tags: E-mail, PRODUCTIVITY, America Online Inc., AOL Client

Discussion threads 2009-03-10

The Mac mini 'smoke screen'

I just finished Chris Dawson's piece, My anti-Mac bias rears its ugly head,  and it bought to mind a friendly discussion I had with one of my colleagues just yesterday about my favorite 'red herring' -- the perpetual claim that the Mac mini is Apple's answer to entry-level computing.  Of...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Inc., Marc Wagner

Blog posts 2007-08-10

The realities of municipal Wi-Fi

While, in principle, I agree with my colleague, Chris Dawson (Why municipal Wi-Fi is an educational expense), the problems with this approach are huge -- and have nothing whatsoever to do with education. In the 1930's the rationale for providing ubiquitous radio, electrical, telephone, and water resources to everyone was motivated by the...

Tags: Education Technology

Blog posts 2007-07-17

Don't be fooled, Linux is not free

I just finished reading Chris Dawson's most recent piece Linux definitely has a place in education and I couldn't agree more, until he said ..."If the choice is arbitrary, then would you rather pay hundreds of dollars or many thousands or millions at the enterprise level or would you rather...

Tags: Open Source, K-12, Higher Ed, Education Technology

Blog posts 2007-07-08

Is Linux right for your school?

My colleague, Chris Dawson, has written several excellent pieces recently about Linux mostly about the latest from the Ubuntu family of products but more recently about SuSE and he has made some excellent points.  The question one has to ask though in deciding whether Linux is right for your school is...

Tags: Education Technology, K-12

Blog posts 2007-06-28

Why do so many seem to hate Microsoft?

Chris Dawson's Why do I only get flamed when I support Microsoft? asks a really good question.  There are no simple answers to this question, which is truly multi-faceted but one thing is certain: a lot of the animosity directed toward Microsoft has nothing to do with Microsoft or their business practices. I think the lack...

Tags: Education Technology, Higher Ed

Blog posts 2007-05-18

There's no room for bias in academia

Whenever I sit down to review the comments posted about an article written by one of my fellow bloggers, I am struck by the level of bias that abounds among our readers. To be sure, there are zealots on almost every subject under the sun but sometimes our readers...

Tags: Classroom Tech, Education Technology, Funding, Hardware, Higher Ed, K-12, Policy

Blog posts 2007-03-07

And the battle rages goes on

I just finished reading Chris Dawsons article "Will your students be using Linux in 2007?" and, as usual, I agree with him 100% -- until he says "Businesses who have successfully made the switch to Linux often have a culture that caters to said enthusiasts and/or have dumped enough effort...

Tags: Linux, Apple, Hardware, K-12, Higher Ed, Funding, Open Source, Education Technology, Microsoft Windows

Blog posts 2006-12-15

Leveraging that new-found funding

Chris Dawsons article Why ed tech is like Thanksgiving got me thinking about exactly how someone in his position suddenly flush in cash for IT initiatives goes about introducing life-cycle funding into his computing environment. As Chris has pointed out in his article, and as most of us in...

Tags: Funding, Education Technology, workstation

Blog posts 2006-11-28

What they want, what they need

What they want, what they needA couple of comments ...1. I remember dealing with the IBM PC in 1980 - I was in the 8th grade and it was a field trip for my computer class to the local IBM office in my hometown.2. Chris Dawson is probably not someone...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Linux, Atlanta School District, Microsoft Windows, downtime, Microsoft Windows Vista, Chris Dawson

Discussion threads 2006-11-01

Who is killing desktop Linux?

Last week my colleague, Chris Dawson, wrote Will Vista kill Linux for Ed Tech? and he did a really nice job of it. Of course, he wasn't talking about Linux as an OS, or as a subject of serious study or utility. What Chris was referring to was...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux

Blog posts 2006-09-19

What's wrong with this picture?

Having spent all of my professional IT career in higher education, I am still trying to get my hands around some of the problems faced by my K-12 colleagues when it comes to federal regulations. For instance, in reading Chris Dawson's article, Proxy Problems, I was struck by the...

Tags: Chris Dawson, computer

Blog posts 2006-05-19

Additional Resources

Educating IT decision makers

Here's the difference:-It's education if you truly let people make their own decisions and support the decisions they make, even if it's your personal opinion the decisions are wrong.-It's advocacy if you do not support the decisions they make when it's your personal opinion the decisions are wrong.So, decidable only...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Teaching, education, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-21

News to know: AT&T, Verizon; T-Mobile; Microsoft CRM; Win7; datacenters; Sony-Ericcson

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: AT&T sues Verizon Wireless, calls map ad "misleading" but doesn't dispute accuracy Matthew Miller: T-Mobile experiences...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Data Center, Dana Gardner, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, T-Mobile, AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Microsoft CRM, Sam Diaz, CRM, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Tools & Techniques, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management

Blog posts 2009-11-04

Google defines its focus in Apps in 2010

Chrostopher: the need for detailed formatting as we know it is going away.Actually, the detailed formatting is moving to making it look like you want on computer screens, NOT on paper, which is quite different.All of those baroque features for printing on 8.5x11 paper are looking more stupid every day.Interesting...

Tags: OpenOffice, Document management, Microsoft Office, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

News to know: L.A. goes Google; AMD-Galleon; Cisco-ScanSafe; Ubuntu; Amazon RDS

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Larry Dignan: WSJ: AMD's former CEO was a Galleon tipster Sam Diaz: Cisco continues its buying spree with...

Tags: Tom Foremski, Ubuntu, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, ScanSafe, Mary Jo Foley, Amazon.com Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Internet, Databases, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-28

News to know: Apple; Alex; Microhoo; Droid; FCC

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales Jason D. O'Grady: Apple announces most profitable...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, E-books, Federal Government, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Government, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Google Wave: The Microsoft Bob of the New Millennium

Google Wave uber-whelms meHi Jason,I agree that the beauty (one, at any rate) of gmail is its simplicity, but that aside, I think you're giving Wave short shrift. It's not so much an application as a platform for other apps and ultimately a way to drown Microsoft Bob, as well...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., e-mail, convo, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-14