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From: Mark Evans <mpe@st-peters-high.devon.sch.uk> To: Edgehill e-mail service <edgehillit@edgecoll.clara.net> Cc: suse-linux-uk-schools@suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Typical uses of IT in schools Date: 19 December 2001 11:52
Pupils who have no real fear of breaking the machine, and will therefore attempt most things withot concern.
In which case it's best to give them something either they can't break or anything they do "break" will affect only them.
Admittedly, but the point is that it is actually quite difficult for someone to do any *real* damage - the children are blisfully unaware of the
Except where they are running Windows. This only covers accidental, rather than malicious activity. Indeed were it not so fragile there would not be so much Windows malware about and the whole anti-virus industry would cease to exist... Problem is that things such as being easily to run programs from websites are looked upon more as "features" than liabilities. The basic problem is Windows paradigm of end user administration. -- Mark Evans St. Peter's CofE High School Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109 Fax: +44 1392 204763