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Why did you toss that in?
You were doing well until you reached:

Most kids have largely recognized what only a small number of adults have come to grips with: the OS is irrelevant. It?s all about the web browser, folks. Google Docs, Zoho, and OpenOffice all work quite well on any platform (the former even works fairly well on mobile platforms).

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Has the number of kids able to recognize even the names of those software products reached double-digits?

How many kids without inflicted demands even consider the browser other than part of the operating system and useful for some (vital) purposes?

When the browser disappears into the operating system so far that there's not even an icon to click on (only an internet-related source for some items on menus), how many kids are going to be disconcerted or even notice?

Special pleading should not have crept into an essay on a different topic.
Posted by: Anton Philidor   Posted on: 09/24/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Why did you toss that in?  Anton Philidor | 09/24/08
Same part i tripped over  TedKraan | 09/24/08
Of course it is the adult's responsibility  Mahegan | 09/24/08
Perhpas kids are just better...  Sleeper Service | 09/24/08
I think you're underestimating kids  laura.b | 09/24/08
You're right, any new system will do fine...  TechTeach_z | 09/24/08
The opinion piece is simply fatuous.  deowll | 09/25/08
AppleWorks  Asiafish | 02/03/09
Do you have kids?  xuniL_z | 09/25/08
Maybe because it's true  John L. Ries | 09/24/08
Which disappears - OS or browser?  IT_User | 09/25/08
The OS is irrelevant.  deowll | 09/25/08
Reminds me of ...  daengbo | 09/25/08
Re: Why did you toss than in.  fwarren | 09/25/08
RE: The kids like Vista  mbenitezcodas | 09/24/08
Intuitive? Maybe not...  Caggles | 09/24/08
Are you nuts?  laura.b | 09/24/08
I agree Laura  Scrat | 09/27/08
Office 2007  Asiafish | 02/03/09
Typical Linux zealot rant...better if you never mentioned Linux at all...  transposeIT | 09/24/08
Intuitive is subjective  alaniane@... | 09/25/08
Of course they like it, they don't have to manage it.  kferraro@... | 09/24/08
Some old dogs don't want to learn new tricks.  deowll | 09/25/08
Drag and Drop...  jerry@... | 10/11/08
If its a browser they want  Alan Smithie | 09/24/08
Kids aren't as versatile as you think  Mahegan | 09/24/08
So, I am not convinced that kids are particularly tech savvy.  deowll | 09/25/08
RE: The kids like Vista  midenginedrift | 09/24/08
I guess some of us are smarter than others.  ye | 09/24/08
Deleted  TripleII | 09/24/08
Doh! wrong place, ignore (NT)  TripleII | 09/24/08
You find it difficult...  Sleeper Service | 09/24/08
I would be curious.  TripleII | 09/24/08
I can tell you first hand how they react.  storm14k | 09/24/08
I can also tell you first hand  mdemuth | 09/25/08
Another first hand report.  ajole | 09/25/08
I feel bad for the kids...  LiquidLearner | 09/25/08
That is exactly what happened here  laura.b | 09/25/08
Safari  Asiafish | 02/03/09
I think the kids would just go ahead and enjoy themselves...  transposeIT | 09/24/08
Embracing Proprietary? I read that he thinks kids have no more reasoning...  xuniL_z | 09/25/08
No, he's right.  ajole | 09/25/08
That's a very dim and cynical view. Do you have kids?  xuniL_z | 09/25/08
My daughter is almost 3  LiquidLearner | 09/25/08
RE: The kids like Vista  AndyCee | 09/24/08
The OS is irrelevant for anything but gaming  Lerianis | 09/24/08
Vista and Gaming  Asiafish | 02/03/09
That's all the student's reaction was?  james.faction | 09/25/08
RE: The kids like Vista  gmarketing@... | 09/25/08
What a damning indictment of Vista  colinnwn | 09/25/08
Sigh not another one...nt  USTechHead | 09/25/08
High maintenance costs for Vista? Now don't be stupid.  xuniL_z | 09/25/08
Amusing response...  colinnwn | 09/25/08
It's only disappointing because  alaniane@... | 09/25/08
Linux is better anyway  henrik@... | 09/25/08
High Cost?  notsofast | 09/25/08
Depending on the subject taught  alaniane@... | 09/25/08
An excellent point  laura.b | 09/25/08
Gave it to my Daughter and Son and they  USTechHead | 09/25/08
Lets Compare Checklists  Breetai | 09/25/08
******** games should stick with XP  henrik@... | 09/25/08
Stupid contents filter  henrik@... | 09/25/08
"not to play administrator"  xuniL_z | 09/25/08
LOL!  Sleeper Service | 09/25/08
Yah, right...and I can point to bad thinking here  mikifinaz1@... | 09/25/08
The same adults...  Sleeper Service | 09/25/08
Does it have parental control? CHECK!  Narg | 09/25/08
RE: Experience is the real teacher  TerrifiedCitizen | 09/26/08
The kids May like Vista, But The Parents Don't  chessmen | 09/27/08
RE: The kids like Vista  Bob G Beechey | 09/27/08
Wjops .this should be reply to chessmen  Bob G Beechey | 09/27/08
RE: The kids like Vista  Spooks93 | 10/24/08

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