-== Bernie's brain dump as of August 2009 ==
+(Go to [[blog/2009/09|September 2009]])
+== Bernie's brain dump as of August 2009 ==
=== Aug 29th: Lack of clarity from OLPC ===
-{{OneWindozePerChild.png}}
-
The [[http://windows7sins.org|Windows 7 Sins]] campaing mentions the
pressure put by [[Microsoft]] on [[OLPC]] to switch to Windows as one of the
sins. Many of my OLPC and [[SugarLabs]] friends were offended by this association
and pointed out a few factual mistakes. Contrary to what [[NicholasNegroponte]]
-had announced to the press multiple times, so far only a tiny (unspecified)
+had announced to the press in multiple occasions, so far only a tiny (unspecified)
fraction of laptops shipped by OLPC were actually preloaded with Windows.
According to internal OLPC sources, there are no plans for [[Windows7]].
Moreover, the announced [[XO2]] will be ARM based, which undermines Microsoft's
ability to run any version of Windows except for the
-[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_CE|CE family]] crapware.
+[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_CE|CE family]] crapware that was rejected
+even by the mobile market.
-The FSF has now corrected the windows7sins web site, but we are left wondering
+{{OneWindozePerChild.png}}
+
+The FSF has now corrected the campaign web site, but we are left wondering
what's actually going on between Microsoft and OLPC; why would Negroponte tell the
press that OLPC is shipping Windows when in fact it's not and when their roadmap
would make that highly unlikely?
[[BostonCommons]]. Throwing Windows 7 and Mac OS X boxes in a giant waste basket
was a lot of fun.
+{{pictures/work/FSF/windows7sins/_MG_9111.JPG|maxwidth=640}}
+
+[[pictures/work/FSF/windows7sins|More photos here]]
+
=== Aug 20th: Back to Boston ===
Today I jumped on a plane from Pisa to Boston through London (where I met DavidWoodhouse for a quick lunch).
[[FreeSoftwareFoundation]], take courses at the [[HarvardExtensionSchool]], and of course
work on [[SugarLabs]]' infrastructure, community and governance.
-I don't really know how long I will hold before I'll need to see a good psychiatrist.
-And I also have no health insurance here!
+I don't really know how much of this frenetic life I can take before I'll need
+to stay in a comfortable room with padded walls... Ouch, this reminds me that
+I don't have health insurance here!
+
+{{pictures/home/acetarium/2009/00095.jpg|maxwidth=800|The Acetarium (stock photo)}}