There were a lot of indications that something was amiss at OLPC, over a year ago there was this story: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9054618 which is another example of OLPC upper management using the project for personal profit. -jmz On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Walter J. Mack wrote: > I got the feeling that the OLPC project got frustrated in dealing with (some > of) the Free and Open Source software people. I never heard him say that he > went to MS because of technology reasons. > > > > koder wrote: > > I am not sure if this is OT or not. > > Other posts have noted that OLPC will have to increase the specs on the > hardware by nearly a factor of two to run Windows. > > MS also insists on sharing they joys of Windoze's lack of security with > the underdeveloped peoples of the world. > > On the flip side, those who have seen a computer, at this point conflate > Windows OS with computers. > > Linux needs work before it will be competitive, in spite of our hopes. > > Harold > > > On Sat, 2008-05-17 at 11:36 -0700, Rhune Lord wrote: > > > http://www.redherring.com/Home/24265 > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- - http://www.joshuazeidner.com/ --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss