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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] article on GNU/Linux in schools and universities
- From: Tony Whitmore <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:04:24 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <4443CA7D.7050905@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Thomas Adam wrote:
> --- Richard Smedley <richard.smedley03@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>Sorry - that was subtle sarcasm at the person who commissioned the
>>article. As he isn't subscribed to the list, perhaps I should have
>>begun the sentence "my commission demands that I write about...."
>
> I see. Well, he isn't missing much by not being here; if he has asked
> someone else to write this up. If he was that interested he would have done
> so already, I'm sure.
Commissioning editors don't commission an article only to research it
themselves. They will be judging the sort of articles readers want from
their postbag.
> It just seems a rather specific topic as opposed to the usual
> rabble most linux magazines print such as "Move Player of the Week" sort of
> thing. I can well imagine _some_ people might find Linux in education
> interesting, but I wouldn't have thought the minutiae interested them as much
> as to say: "Yes, Linux is being used (to an extent) in some schools".
This isn't the first time LXF has covered the topic. It has done so at
least once in the past 6 months (some members of this list /
SchoolForge-UK were interviewed) and did so in a previous article by
Richard in its Linux Pro supplement.
If your view of Linux magazines is that they are all "Move [sic] Player
of the Week" articles, then you obviously haven't read any of them for
some time. In addition to the more run-of-the-mill group roundups,
reviews and news, there are tutorials, interviews and discussion
articles, as well as run-downs on new technologies (like SOLID). If this
isn't heavyweight enough for you, then the more indepth and even
philosophical articles of Linux User & Developer might be more your cup
of tea.
Tony
> --- Richard Smedley <richard.smedley03@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>Sorry - that was subtle sarcasm at the person who commissioned the
>>article. As he isn't subscribed to the list, perhaps I should have
>>begun the sentence "my commission demands that I write about...."
>
> I see. Well, he isn't missing much by not being here; if he has asked
> someone else to write this up. If he was that interested he would have done
> so already, I'm sure.
Commissioning editors don't commission an article only to research it
themselves. They will be judging the sort of articles readers want from
their postbag.
> It just seems a rather specific topic as opposed to the usual
> rabble most linux magazines print such as "Move Player of the Week" sort of
> thing. I can well imagine _some_ people might find Linux in education
> interesting, but I wouldn't have thought the minutiae interested them as much
> as to say: "Yes, Linux is being used (to an extent) in some schools".
This isn't the first time LXF has covered the topic. It has done so at
least once in the past 6 months (some members of this list /
SchoolForge-UK were interviewed) and did so in a previous article by
Richard in its Linux Pro supplement.
If your view of Linux magazines is that they are all "Move [sic] Player
of the Week" articles, then you obviously haven't read any of them for
some time. In addition to the more run-of-the-mill group roundups,
reviews and news, there are tutorials, interviews and discussion
articles, as well as run-downs on new technologies (like SOLID). If this
isn't heavyweight enough for you, then the more indepth and even
philosophical articles of Linux User & Developer might be more your cup
of tea.
Tony
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