On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 1:51 AM, Bert Freudenberg<b...@freudenbergs.de> wrote: > Thanks to all who made the FSF change this. > > - Bert -
+1 Sameer > On 02.09.2009, at 08:14, Bill Kerr wrote: > >> Yes the new paragraph is more reasonable: >> >> Microsoft is now targeting governments who are purchasing XOs, in an >> attempt to get them to replace the free software with Windows. It >> remains to be seen to what degree Microsoft will succeed. But with >> all of this pressure, Microsoft has harmed a project that has >> distributed more than 1 million laptops running free software, and >> has taken aim at the low-cost platform as a way to make poor >> children around the world dependent on its products. The OLPC >> threatens to become another example of the way Microsoft convinces >> governments around the world that an education involving computers >> must be synonymous with an education using Windows. In order to >> prevent this, it is vital that we work to raise global awareness of >> the harm Microsoft's involvement does to our children's education. >> >>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 1:08 AM, Bobby Powers >>> <bobbypow...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> 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 >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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