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When you say they "offer [those] as alternatives", do you mean they'll actually allow you to use those programs with their native formats for your school work, or they simply turn a blind eye, and you just have to save in an MS-compatible format from one of the programs (e.g. .doc, .xls, .ppt)?
Nope, I use the open-source formats. Like .odt, .odp, etc.
Whereas most use Word, Powerpoint, Photoshop and IE; I use FF, Writer, Impress and GIMP. Unfortunately, the MicroType program (keyboarding class, lol) is stuck to MS Word... but after playing around, I bet I could make it use OOo by default by editing the Word-associated .exe's with Resource Hacker. Nevertheless, the fact they provide open-source programs as alternatives is better than most schools I've been to. It's nice that I can email them to myself and use them rather speedily on my Linux box.
And I didn't know Java was so heavily looked down upon by the open-source community. Sun is really nice to 'other' OS users. OOo, Vbox and such. It doesn't mean much if it sucks though. Maybe I'll try to learn C over the summer.
And I didn't know Java was so heavily looked down upon by the open-source community. Sun is really nice to 'other' OS users. OOo, Vbox and such. It doesn't mean much if it sucks though. Maybe I'll try to learn C over the summer.
It's really up to you whether you want to use Java or not. Just because others don't like to use it doesn't mean you can't!
And I didn't know Java was so heavily looked down upon by the open-source community.
It isn't. You are making a logical error by equating a couple of dissenting voices with "the open-source community".
What really matters is that your learn the principles of programming. Any language can teach you those; it is really the teacher that makes all the difference.
Seems to. I didn't realize it's weekly new episodes again. I have 3 new episodes recorded to catch up on! I don't like the way they started "explaining" the details of the expriments just before they perform them. It's awkward and I think people get the idea from them explaining
things during the build. Other than that the show makes me jealous. Destroying things to prove a point sounds like something I was born to do! I guess that's why I run current.
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