On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:25:12 -0700 Joshua N Pritikin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 05:29:58PM -0400, Ivan Krstić wrote: > > "Eventually, Negroponte added, Windows might be the sole operating > > system ... Negroponte said he was mainly concerned with putting as > > many laptops as possible in children's hands." > > > > -- via Associated Press > > <http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hXa0O9XLMsWfaqt-sI9FqFy2IewgD9073PPG0 > > > > [...] > > At least Ivan quoted this part properly: "Negroponte said he was mainly > concerned with putting as many laptops as possible in children's hands." > > I don't know about you, but that makes sense to me. Carol Lerche is > right: we need to be pragmatic and get this laptop into the hands of the > children who can benefit even if that means our software stack is > tainted with a little proprietary software. The problem with this claim is the assumption that children *will* benefit with a laptop running a completely proprietary stack. I remain unconvinced. A laptop running a proprietary stack is not a goal that I'm interested in pursuing. There's a pretty massive difference between "We'll ship w/ Linux, a proprietary mesh driver, and a few proprietary apps", and "We're running XP". _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel