Not . . . for the good of the children. it is absolutely not educational, to teach to childrens the use of an Amiga when then they are to having to use, Win in the life and for the job.
It is my experience with other operating systems that has helped me do more weird & wonderful things with Windows. It is that experience that helps me think less in the boundaries of how the operating system wants you to do things, but how things would be more efficient/suitable for you.
Kids should be taught to apply skills. Starting off with the latest version of Windows and a P4 isn't going to help them do that. And don't start advocating "we teach them only what they need to know", then you may as well throw out half the school syllabus, and have a load of ignorant little idiots who only know how to sit behind a desk to do telesales for the next 40 years of their working lives.
In every other subject in school, you don't learn only the answers to the questions that will come up in the exams. That is of no use to anyone, except as a test of your memory.
Computer skills should be taught so that they can be applied to virtually any platform and operating system. Otherwise kids have to 'unlearn' what they have learned in order to pick up another operating system. If you want Windows to be the only operating system available to the masses for the rest of time, you do things your way.
