<div dir="ltr"><div>Shrug. I doubt it was a decision. They're probably wed to their infrastructure and simply can't offer any course without Silverlight.<br><br></div>-- CHS<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Boris Borisov <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bugyatl@gmail.com" target="_blank">bugyatl@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Not too wise decision from a "Governors" University ... </div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 8:29 AM, JD <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jdp@algoloma.com" target="_blank">jdp@algoloma.com</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Complaining to us doesn't help too much unless someone on this list works in a<br>
powerful position at that school. Politely complain to the vendor AND to the<br>
University chancellor, in writing. If possible, get others in the class to<br>
complain as well.<br>
<br>
Does anyone else have experiences where they've gotten Linux to be supported? How?<br>
<span><br>
On 12/17/2014 05:53 AM, Kerry Thompson wrote:<br>
> It's Western Governors University. The course is through Labsim.<br>
> I was aware that there were limited alternatives like pipelight, but I couldn't<br>
> get anything to work in a relatively short amount of time. And as a newb, I just<br>
> decided to bite the bullet and do it through Windows. I just wanted a more<br>
> comprehensive Linux experience<br>
><br>
> Sent from my iPhone<br>
><br>
> On Dec 17, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Paul Storey <<a href="mailto:paul0123@comcast.net" target="_blank">paul0123@comcast.net</a><br>
</span><span>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:paul0123@comcast.net" target="_blank">paul0123@comcast.net</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Which university is this?<br>
>><br>
>> Paul<br>
>><br>
>> On 12/16/2014 11:45 AM, K Thompson wrote:<br>
>>> So, after talking to JD and getting convinced that it would be okay to<br>
>>> complain about this using this forum, I finally decided to speak up about it.<br>
>>><br>
>>> My university has a Linux+ course that I am in that requires Silverlight to<br>
>>> run so that a newb like me would not be able to run the course outside of<br>
>>> Windows. It is so frustrating that I cannot get a true Linux user experience<br>
>>> of immersion into the OS through this course. I was really looking forward<br>
>>> to ditching Windows for a little bit. Ugh! Just Ugh! I know I could have<br>
>>> probably done it using something else, but then I'd still feel like that I<br>
>>> was subject to Microsoft in some way.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Anyways...I apologize for my rant, but I just wanted to put this out there<br>
>>> and see if I was the only one that thought this was outrageous!<br>
>>><br>
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