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 <
wmack@componentsw.com> 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
>
>
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