[ale] OT: Linux+ Course requires Silverlight

[Boris Borisov]

Not too wise decision from a "Governors" University ...

On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 8:29 AM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:
>
> Complaining to us doesn't help too much unless someone on this list works
> in a
> powerful position at that school.  Politely complain to the vendor AND to
> the
> University chancellor, in writing. If possible, get others in the class to
> complain as well.
>
> Does anyone else have experiences where they've gotten Linux to be
> supported? How?
>
> On 12/17/2014 05:53 AM, Kerry Thompson wrote:
> > It's Western Governors University. The course is through Labsim.
> > I was aware that there were limited alternatives like pipelight, but I
> couldn't
> > get anything to work in a relatively short amount of time. And as a
> newb, I just
> > decided to bite the bullet and do it through Windows.  I just wanted a
> more
> > comprehensive Linux experience
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Dec 17, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Paul Storey <paul0123 at comcast.net
> > <mailto:paul0123 at comcast.net>> wrote:
> >
> >> Which university is this?
> >>
> >> Paul
> >>
> >> On 12/16/2014 11:45 AM, K Thompson wrote:
> >>> So, after talking to JD and getting convinced that it would be okay to
> >>> complain about this using this forum, I finally decided to speak up
> about it.
> >>>
> >>> My university has a Linux+ course that I am in that requires
> Silverlight to
> >>> run so that a newb like me would not be able to run the course outside
> of
> >>> Windows. It is so frustrating that I cannot get a true Linux user
> experience
> >>> of immersion into the OS through this course.  I was really looking
> forward
> >>> to ditching Windows for a little bit.  Ugh!  Just Ugh!  I know I could
> have
> >>> probably done it using something else, but then I'd still feel like
> that I
> >>> was subject to Microsoft in some way.
> >>>
> >>> Anyways...I apologize for my rant, but I just wanted to put this out
> there
> >>> and see if I was the only one that thought this was outrageous!
> >>>
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