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-== 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 ===
 
-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
+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 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 that was rejected
+even by the mobile market.
+
+{{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?
@@ -31,6 +35,10 @@ 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.
 
+{{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).
@@ -42,3 +50,5 @@ 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!
+
+{{pictures/home/acetarium/2009/00095.jpg|maxwidth=800|The Acetarium (stock photo)}}