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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 ===
 

-{{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
 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


@@ -17,6 +16,8 @@ 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.
 
 [[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
 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


@@ -34,6 +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).


@@ -43,5 +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)}}