[wlug_org] [POL] Resellers understanding of 'free' licences.

[Wood Brent]

... umm - can't do Step 3, everything is different!!
> 
> Teaching a general computing course should be about the process and 
> developing the ideas and concepts not about a specific program. 
> Spreadsheets should mean do it in Excel, OpenOffice, Quattro Pro, Works 
> etc.
> 
> But then I can be a self-centred opinionated bastard :-)

Way to go! We need more like that, there are enough sheep in NZ :-)

> 
> Of course if someone is doing an Excel course because that is what they 
> require at work then that has to be done.
 
Without trying to push Mandrake, I fired up a copy of the Mandrake move LiveCD
last night. One thing I thought very effectve was the menu. No mention of which
package
 

Main menu options:

Use Office tools
              create a presentation
              create a speadsheet
              create a text document
              create a flowchart or diagrams
              manage your contacts
              manage your finances
                  etc

Use the internet
              access newsgroups
              browse the net
                  etc

No mention of the names of packages, just a menu of tasks to undertake.
Frustrating if you want to use Galeon instead of Konqueror, but much easier for
a novice, no unecessary choices to puzzle over.

Brent