I totally agree. For many of the IT classes at my school, you must have a Microsoft Office Cerification (which must be obtained through a one year course) to be eligible. Otherwise, you must appeal through AOIT (Academy of Info Tech).

I'm quite disappointed at this; A friend and I got in trouble for "hacking the school computers." We were writing .spec files with notepad++ in fullscreen...

Advocating the knowledge of Linux is the main objective, in my opinion. "Noobifying" it would be the second priority. Example: A friend asks me to play so and so game. I state that I don't use Windows. They say "Oh, it works on Mac too." I say I don't have a Mac. They get confused, and ask further about what I'm talking about. I begin to explain by saying that it's a different operating system. They get more confused. I explain what an operating system is. They dismiss me as a geek and leave. Even a simple explaination like "Windows and Mac are two diff OSes, and that Linux is an alt. to Windows," will turn people away.

For the "what platform" comments, the first post dicusses PC end users. I am well aware of the Linux kernel's presence in other computing markets, especially mobile, embedded, and server uses.

P.S.: I apologize for any typos/grammatical mistakes in advance. I'm typing this out on my N900 while reading.