Quoting nate at refried.org (nate at refried.org): > <devil's advocate> > While that may all be true, isn't the point of school to teach kids > things that they'll _use_ once they get out of school? That's why my > high school (back in the day) used primarily Windows, MS Office, > WordPerfect, Pagemaker, Quark Xpress, etc. Why teach them an > application they an application that they'll probably never use? > </devil's advocate> <smart ass response> If you come to work at Real Time, and you know only MS stuff you'll never get to use those tools. I think schools should be like a buffet. A little sample of everything. There is not gurantee that they won't see OO out there. DOD is switching to StarOffice and they employee lots of people. Since OO is free and runs under Windows why not have both on the boxes in school? </smart ass response> -- Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.mn-linux.org, Minnesota, Linux | Fax : (952)943-8500 http://www.tcwug.org, Minnesota, Wireless | Coding isn't a crime. Fingerprint: 02E0 2734 A1A1 DBA1 0E15 623D 0036 7327 93D9 7DA3