Re: [Fsfe-uk] Linux for Kids Briefing

[Ian Lynch]

On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 09:17, PFJ wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > > That said, he is kind of a fun with machines - his record is to take
> > > down his schools Win2003 server system in less than 11 minutes!
> > 
> > Not the best way of getting people to embrace the Linux community in
> > schools though?
> 
> That's not the point. The point is that a kid of 5 or 6 should not be
> able to bring down a server system. If he/she can, then it really shows
> either that the bods who put the system in place don't know what they're
> doing or that the system itself is complete rubbish.

Its the entire point if you can see past the red mist into what actually
motivates people. Just because a kid can walk through the Head's door
and trash his office, doing so isn't justified purely on the grounds
that the Head should have been more careful or needs a better door lock.

Most adults would see such behaviour as irresponsible and likely to
transfer that view even more so to a salesman who used it to demonstrate
that the locks he was pedalling were more secure and less expensive.

The way you have written this makes it look like it was a deliberate
act. If it was a complete fluke or accident, there might be some
justification.

-- 
Ian Lynch <address@hidden>
ZMS Ltd