I know Richard Dawkins has referred to the labelling of children as Christian or Muslim as a form of mental child abuse. I've just converted my children (4 and 7) to using Linux instead of Windows. Am I just as bad? I guess I'll have to do the same as I do when I talk to them about religion.
'Lots of people around the world use different operating systems. Just because Daddy using Linux, then don't feel you need to do the same. I'll love you just as much if you use Windows when you grow up. Just don't go all weird and start experimenting with a Mac'
For a while in grad school, I was teaching assistant for a beginner's programming course. The type people take because they need to fill some requirement for graduation, not the type computer geeks take. The lab I taught in was all Linux machines, and most of the students had never even heard of Linux.
ReplyDeleteOne student was complaining about the user interface so I went over and showed him how to change it. He pointed to a button in the lower left corner and said, "is that like the Start Menu?" Then he suddenly looked mortified and said shakily, "oh my god, is that like asking a Jewish person, 'is that your Christmas tree?'"
Hahaha, very funny. I'm a Windows whore, but then I've never been enough of a computer nut to get into Linux, I'm a different breed of geek.
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