Monash University Survey of Entering Students at Robert Pogson

Between 2010 and 2011, the university clarified their questions to reflect changes in technology and I gleaned these tidbits:

the silly geese confuse OS and hardware but between questions 1 and 2 and the explanatory notes at the end one can conclude that at least 3% of students use a GNU/Linux personal computer at home… They identify “PC” and a Wintel beast… but they have other categories, “other” including GNU/Linux as an example and Mac and iPad and “handheld” so “other” doesn’t leave much for interpretation except UNIX or some really rare OS.
hardly anyone used an iPad or hand-held device in 2011
lots of students use both a notebook and a desktop so GNU/Linux may have been on some of those machines

So, ~1% seems incompatible with usage share of GNU/Linux by college-bound students in Australia. Usage is several times higher. That could mean schools use it a bit, too, so there is hope for IT in Australia.

Student ICT Usage Survey 2011.

My Mission

My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. I do not care whether my solution is the same as yours. I like to think for myself.

My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. I have been blessed by working in schools where students and school systems have benefited by good, modular software easily installed in most systems.

I have shown GNU/Linux to thousands of students and hundreds of teachers over the years and will continue in some way doing that until I die in spite of the opposition.

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1 ram Nov 30th, 2012 at 8:33 pm

Microsoft marketing events for government customers in Australia always seem to involve cocaine and prostitutes. Their next event is the night of 5 December 2012 at the Sydney Show Ground (Former Olympic Site). Will law enforcement officials be there? We’ll see!