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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 ===
 
 
 === 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?
 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.
 
 [[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).
 === 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).


@@ -40,5 +48,8 @@ and a lot of good company.  Over the next 6 months, I'll do an internship at the
 [[FreeSoftwareFoundation]], take courses at the [[HarvardExtensionSchool]], and of course
 work on [[SugarLabs]]' infrastructure, community and governance.
 
 [[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)}}