From: bernie Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 03:40:45 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Edit page blog/2009/08 X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?a=commitdiff_plain;h=aa937e8cdea0099843538445d0112392b3822438;p=wiki.git Edit page blog/2009/08 --- diff --git a/blog/2009/08 b/blog/2009/08 index a867555..c74f56c 100644 --- a/blog/2009/08 +++ b/blog/2009/08 @@ -3,15 +3,17 @@ === Aug 29th: Lack of clarity from OLPC === -The Windows 7 Sins campaign web site ([[http://windows7sins.org]]) mentioned, -as one of the seven sins, the pressure put by [[Microsoft]] on [[OLPC]] to -switch to Windows. Many of my friends at OLPC and [[SugarLabs]] were offended by -this association. There were also some factual mistakes, because, contrary -to what [[NicholasNegroponte]] had announced to the press multiple times, 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 +{{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) +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. The FSF has now corrected the windows7sins web site, but we are left wondering