Couldn't agree more. Wonder how many PC's are simply skipped at the local tip as the family computer is upgraded or for that case at many businesses and local authorities though out the land. All probably more than capable of running Linux and a whole raft of development languages.Meatpuppet wrote:Really not sure why we need this. There are mountains of unused PC's that should be recycled, instead of scrapped by Schools/Universities - teaching programming is not a matter of platform, rather discipline. More 'niche' tech junk is not the answer.
Guess it needs something like this to draw focus on the lack of skills being taught in schools these days even then I learnt nothing at school regarding computer tech and more by playing around with my little 48K Sinclair Spectrum all those years ago: machine code, BASIC, fundamental data structures etc etc.
Anyway there needs to be a will for children to learn an interest. Those that want to learn will be doing so anyway - after all the tools are out there. Guess it would re-focus school teaching to what is important about computing rather than how to design a web page or use MS Office.
What concerns me is that are the teachers in school at the moment of capable of using these or teaching with them? Hmmmmm... anyway looks like a nice bit of kit and have one on pre-order myself!
