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Comment I wouldn't get too excited yet (Score 1) 143

Remember Munich, with much fanfare, adopted Linux in 2003 only to abandon it for Windows 10:

The plan was prompted by gripes about both the complexity of the current setup and compatibility headaches. According to Mayor Dieter Reiter, having two operating systems on municipal PCs is "completely uneconomic" -- it'd make more financial sense to simplify. And unfortunately for Linux advocates, Windows was more likely to win out in this case. Munich's council has had to keep a minority of Windows PCs around for apps and hardware that absolutely needed Microsoft's platform to run, and those were destined to stay.

Reiter also pointed to complaints about IT performance, although there are disputes as to whether or not reverting to Windows is the solution.

In addition to politics and cost, the issue of having to work in a Microsoft-centric world are likely to kill this.

Comment Re:Treat with extreme skepticism (Score 3, Interesting) 188

The most recent story on the Havana Syndrome before this was that there was no evidence it was caused by any physical damage. The conclusion was that its not actually a "syndrome" but random symptoms with no common cause.

Whereas the correct conclusion would have been that it is not caused by anything that causes physical damage that we can detect.

Comment Re:But Why? (Score 1) 119

I just can't see why a parent would think that missing a day of school is acceptable.

Because COVID taught them that

A) their kids can learn anywhere, anytime, with a variety of methods
B) they saw just how much of their kids school days had been taken up by crap that had nothing to do with academics
C) it's not necessary to be stuck in a concrete box 9 hours a day to learn, or even study 5 days every week to learn

Most of us are beginning to see what the late Michel Foucaultt meant when he said that "schools resemble prisons because they serve a similar function".

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