in any case, the text appears to be fixed now in a much more reasonable fashion.
bobby On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Sebastian Silva<sebast...@fuentelibre.org> wrote: > 2009/8/31 Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> >> >> I don't think anyone on this list was suggesting that Windows on OLPC >> was/is a good/appropriate solution for learning. But there is a free >> software alternative, Sugar, that is designed to be appropriated by >> the local community/culture. We were asking, why doesn't the FSF >> promote alternatives (Sugar or some other free learning platform) in >> parallel with their anti-cultural-imperialism message? >> >> -walter >> > > Walter, > I thank you for taking my comment and bringing it back into the > constructive sphere. Indeed your question is a very good one. > > WRT business oriented platforms, I think the idea is that those > promote themselves (due to market dynamics)... except in niches > like education, health, environment, where, well, they don't. > > So your point is very valid that the FSF could and perhaps > should promote alternatives for education (such as Sugar). > > Then again, perhaps that is part of our place as SugarLabs > ( or perhaps at least our Local Labs efforts which are closer > to deployments ). > > I don't think pointing at the problem is so bad, because the first > step to meaningful change is recognizing there is a problem. > > Cheers > > Sebas > > -- > Sebastian Silva > Laboratorios FuenteLibre > http://blog.sebastiansilva.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep