X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=blog%2F2009%2F08;h=954410d9bd3eeaee05b4608fba1b65fc9e661c03;hp=c74f56cfc1219e21cd68d1bb383d70bab43c0927;hb=aa7c402ad5225ccc843e58e485079cd73963a7c3;hpb=aa937e8cdea0099843538445d0112392b3822438 diff --git a/blog/2009/08 b/blog/2009/08 index c74f56c..954410d 100644 --- a/blog/2009/08 +++ b/blog/2009/08 @@ -1,22 +1,24 @@ -== 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 and pointed out a few factual mistakes. Contrary to what [[NicholasNegroponte]] -had announced to the press multiple times, so far only a tiny (unspecified) +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. +[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_CE|CE family]] crapware that was rejected +even by the mobile market. -The FSF has now corrected the windows7sins web site, but we are left wondering +{{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? @@ -33,6 +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). @@ -44,3 +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)}}