On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 3:08 AM, Joshua N Pritikin<jpriti...@pobox.com> wrote: > I am surprised to read: "As a result, it is expected that the main > effect of the OLPC project -- if it succeeds -- will be to turn millions > of children into Microsoft dependents." > > Some of your other criticisms of OLPC are fair, but this is pure > speculation. Even though there is a Windows XP port to the XO laptop, to > my knowledge, OLPC has not shipped any Windows or dual-boot XOs to > customers. (Or was there a small trial that fizzled?) On the other hand, > OLPC has put free software into more children's hands than any other > project so far. You ought to give them credit for that, at least. Your > interpretation of events seems excessively pessimistic. > > -- > American? Vote on the National Initiative for Democracy, http://votep2.us > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >
FSF hasn't done its homework properly. Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/ _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel