X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=blog%2F2009%2F08;h=954410d9bd3eeaee05b4608fba1b65fc9e661c03;hp=ac1aa8b2101ac5c447d35390e4654d7d11056efc;hb=aa7c402ad5225ccc843e58e485079cd73963a7c3;hpb=1bdb6b41d3ba1d6084959679149c452ebf0360c5 diff --git a/blog/2009/08 b/blog/2009/08 index ac1aa8b..954410d 100644 --- a/blog/2009/08 +++ b/blog/2009/08 @@ -1,10 +1,9 @@ -== Bernie's brain dump as of August 2009 == +(the story continues [[blog/2009/09|here]]) +== Bernie's brain dump as of August 2009 == === 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 @@ -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. +{{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 @@ -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. +{{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). @@ -45,3 +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)}}