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Henry Bremridge wrote: > couple of extra articles that give some background to the story. Not quite sure > what the truth is > > http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/digitalsavant/entries/2008/12/11/breaking_local.html > > Quote > > Now, Starks says he regrets the whole incident. "I don't think I've ever committed > one act that made me feel like such a schmuck," he said in a phone interview > with the American-Statesman today. > > > "Starks says he has spoken with the teacher twice since his Monday post and that > "Karen" was crying when they spoke. What she failed to mention in her initial > e-mail, he says, is that she gave the Linux discs back to the student and was > more concerned that there might be pornography or other suspect > material on the discs than about a non-Windows operating system being introduced > in the classroom." > > "Nevertheless, there's a bit of a silver lining in the story of how an angry > e-mail could rile the entire Linux world: on Saturday, Starks says, he has been > invited to install the Linux operating system on Karen's home computer. " To me there are two ways of looking at this; 1. 'Karen' is a teacher who is incapable of expressing herself clearly in writing. Note her original email didn't even *hint* at pornography. That doesn't make her look good. 2. 'Karen' realises she stirred up a hornet's nest and is now trying to find an excuse for her original actions that is acceptable to the masses. Claiming she was worried about pornography in the classroom is one such excuse. Having said *that* she is therefore accusing Starks' kid of potentially distributing pornography. The words 'frying pan' and 'fire' spring to mind. It surprises me also that *if* as claimed there are 12,000 non-Windows computers in her district's education department (assuming either MacOS or Linux), how can 'Karen' be so ignorant about the nature of what Linux is? Kind regards, Julian -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html