On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 09:35:31 -0500 Arthur <ajsiegel@optonline.net> wrote:
The LiveCD route might provide at least a partial solution. It is plausible to me that a smart kid could do more network damage from a booted Linux LiveCD than from a hard drive install. But I suspect the perception is different, and as a practical matter, one might meet with far less resistance.
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I am surprised that nothing of the sort has emerged from the Python community. My own efforts to spark interest in such a project have met with luke warm response. But I might not be the right guy to be trying to organize a community effort.
Art
I think it's a good idea too. I'm interested in teaching multimedia/game programming with python, and installing all those goodies on a room of windows machines would be a pain. Still, there is the question of homework: what are the students expected to do? However, in terms of getting them hooked in the first place a liveCD sounds really good.. Simon. -- Simon Burton, B.Sc. Licensed PO Box 8066 ANU Canberra 2601 Australia Ph. 61 02 6249 6940 http://arrowtheory.com