X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=blog%2F2009%2F08;h=f4699a81cb5f7b80ee02c4529d4407496ca5e61f;hp=c74f56cfc1219e21cd68d1bb383d70bab43c0927;hb=b8d9c410cfa8709e00634a9f59a2e16890aae4d7;hpb=aa937e8cdea0099843538445d0112392b3822438 diff --git a/blog/2009/08 b/blog/2009/08 index c74f56c..f4699a8 100644 --- a/blog/2009/08 +++ b/blog/2009/08 @@ -1,22 +1,24 @@ -== 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 === -{{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). @@ -42,5 +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. -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)}}