From: bernie Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 03:34:23 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Edit page blog/2009/08 X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d958cce0f864c09a443d73ca8274dac408bfd8ed;p=wiki.git Edit page blog/2009/08 --- diff --git a/blog/2009/08 b/blog/2009/08 index af56ada..7445698 100644 --- a/blog/2009/08 +++ b/blog/2009/08 @@ -1,5 +1,36 @@ == Bernie's brain dump as of August 2009 == + +=== Aug ??th: Lack of clarity === + +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 +[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_CE|CE family]] crapware. + +The FSF has now corrected the windows7sins 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? + +This whole story smells like a huge pile of bullshit, but, so far, nobody has +been able to provide a convincing and logical explanation for the inconsistency +between Negroponte's press releases and actual actions. It would be really +interesting to know, because this conduct is harmful to the public image of +OLPC and an embarrassment for Sugar Labs too. + +=== Aug ??th: Windows 7 Sins protest === + +Today I joined my new colleagues in a protest against Microsoft in +[[BostonCommons]]. Throwing Windows 7 and Mac OS X boxes in a giant waste basket +was a lot of fun. + === 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).