Re: [Hampshire] What would you do, faced with the following …

On Saturday 25 September 2010 23:12:23 Vic wrote:
> > The course is clearly Microsoft biased.
>
> Which course is this, anyway?
>
T155 an introduction to Linux. The beginning is a very easy ride for me
(apart from the effect on my blood pressure, but a lot of the later stuff
should be useful.

> > They also said that we "needed" Shockwave!
>
> Sounds like there will be some Flash-based video sessions going on. You
> almost certainly *don't* need Adobe's player. But that won't stop the
> ignorati from telling you that you do, of course...
>
> > When protesting about Shockwave being "needed" for a course about Linux,
> > I got through in the end to the manager of the course team. She said to
> > let her know what I thought of the course, and believe me I shall!
>
> Unfortunately, you're almost certainly wasting your time. If they've put
> together a course with that many errors in the initial brief, it's
> probably not being run by anyone with an interest in teaching things that
> are actually correct :-(
>
> Bah.

Yes, it is very disappointing. :-(

Lisi