[ale] OT: Linux+ Course requires Silverlight

[Charles Shapiro]

Shrug. I doubt it was a decision. They're probably wed to their
infrastructure and simply can't offer any course without Silverlight.

-- CHS


On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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