[ILUG] Beaumont CEO wants to reverse use of Linux

[Rory Browne]

On 6/10/05, dara <deargin at eircom.net> wrote:
> Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
> 
> >Colm MacCarthaigh wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Basically the CEO says it's silly that Beaumont is the only Hospital
> >>running Linux
> >>
> >>
> >
> >He's entitled to his opinions of course, but, some might say that
> >"silly" should be replaced with a word like "sad" or "regrettable".
> >
> >
> >
> >>and that there is "widespread discontent" among staff at
> >>the hospital regarding the Linux systems.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >On this point though, I'd point out, that with some notable exceptions,
> >in the main, my own experience of introducing people to Linux who aren't
> >"already" interested in experimentation in some way, regularly meets
> >with hostility and/or reflexive ignorance.
> >
> >For example, in my experience, people seem to *assume* that WinWord does
> >everything the right way and the best way.... and to my mind seem to
> >suspect that you are lying when you say "Open Office does (x) just as
> >well or better".
> >
> >Maybe it's no surprise, that your average user, who spent time getting
> >their ECDL and learning all the painful, mindnumbing nuiance of
> >Excel/Word/Access is intrinsically hostile to anything else !
> >
> >
> also, a lot of people just dont like using computers, and the thought of
> having to learn more to do what they can already do is just a bit much
> for them.
> 
> Also, is therer a linux equivalent of the ECDL ? I've never looked at it
> but it is windows focused, right ? Probably should be the EWDL!

There are Linux based ECDL courses currently in place in Germany and Italy.

The scoil.linux.ie project is working on creating training material
for a Linux/OOo/Mozilla based ECDL.

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