"Like I gave Cliff Stoll as a prime, famous example, but your Microsoft-centered brain probably doesn't know who he is."
One has to wonder if Stoll would have still been an astronomer if his grant money had not run out...
but nevertheless, do you deny that by far and away the most used OS in the real world for real workers is a Microsoft product ?
Where ever my brain is centered these days, it does not change the FACT that most people who use a computer will sit in front of a machine running some Microsoft product.
Most cars on the road have the steering wheel on the left side .... would you think a school was doing its students a disservice they taught on right-hand drive cars ?
Ah, I see you found out who he is and then tried to change the subject. Back then, there was NO Microsoft anything capable of doing the work he was doing. BTW, his actions did a lot to help our national security, trapping a spy ring that was digging around in our military computer systems.
but nevertheless, do you deny that by far and away the most used OS in the real world for real workers is a Microsoft product ?
The most used general-purpose personal computer OS, yes. The most used in all applications, no.
it does not change the FACT that most people who use a computer will sit in front of a machine running some Microsoft product.
So? They'll learn computing concepts on a Mac, which are transferrable to Windows. As another poster noted, Mac today is what Windows will be by the time the little buggers get out of school anyway. Look at the feature list for Longhorn and see how much is in OS X now.
would you think a school was doing its students a disservice they taught on right-hand drive cars ?
Switching is not difficult. But it would be a bad idea considering that NO ONE in this country drives right-hand-drive on the left, as opposed to over 14 million OS X Macs out there and millions more Linux and other *NIX systems.