From: bernie Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 03:57:54 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Edit page blog/2009/08 X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=3907eaee7330b4e9ae0e98e27ec14f7fe18c5b92 Edit page blog/2009/08 --- diff --git a/blog/2009/08 b/blog/2009/08 index ac1aa8b..3901db2 100644 --- a/blog/2009/08 +++ b/blog/2009/08 @@ -1,10 +1,7 @@ == 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 +14,8 @@ 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 +33,10 @@ 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 +48,5 @@ 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)}}