Letting The Parents Choose The OS: Good or Bad?

Aug 01, 2008, 21:00 (0 Talkback[s])

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"Second, if every parent gets to decide what OS their kid gets, then schools have a mixed set of Linux and Windows laptops. This is likely to create compatibility issues and all sorts of problems. Sure, mixed environments can and are done, but why create one unnecessarily?"

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