Down the drain?
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| ColonelPanik Mar 12, 2008 11:38 AM EDT |
The great idea is still a great idea.
Maybe the implementation needs a little adjustment?
Reports from the field show that the end users (kids)
are doing just fine, better than anyone expected. A couple of you wizards should go to the Third-World and start this kind of project. Keep the corporate suites out of the program. |
| cberlo Mar 12, 2008 12:46 PM EDT |
I think a lot of effort is going into sabotaging this project. Even from within the ranks of the "open source community", because they really don't want to see Microsoft get its claws into this one. Sadly the collateral damage is the children who would be the recipients of these little marvels (the XO Laptops). A lot of things get taken out of context when Nicholas Negroponte speaks. The project itself still generates an open framework for the basic laptop to operate with. What Microsoft does with the hardware is up to them, and what the appear to be trying to do is make it work WITH the stuff that's already been done. I have faith Microsoft will not prevail in hijacking this entire project, and welcome them to try even match the utility of the open source effort. |
| Sander_Marechal Mar 12, 2008 2:29 PM EDT |
Quoting:What Microsoft does with the hardware is up to them But that's not the case here. From all the reports I've seen on this, it looks like countries will be able to choose whether they get a Linux laptop or an XP laptop from the OLPC. So it's not just an MS thing. It's an OLPC thing. And after seeing MS throw it's weight around to bully OOXML through ISO, do you really believe they won;t do the same to make all those countries order the XP variant instead of the Linux variant? |
| tuxchick Mar 12, 2008 2:48 PM EDT |
Quoting: because they really don't want to see Microsoft get its claws into this one. No kidding, because then it's not an educational tool for children built on a completely open, customized platform that encourages investigation and learning, but just another link in the Borg chain. Microsoft has all the money and resources in the world to develop their own One Handcuff Per Child; their co-opting of OLPC is a cynical, depraved move to ride on the coattails of a project they used to laugh at and would never ever contribute so much as a dollar or line of code to. Now they want to exploit it, and in exploiting it will destroy it. Just like everything else they touch. |
| Scott_Ruecker Mar 12, 2008 3:05 PM EDT |
Hear Hear! Carla! |
| gus3 Mar 12, 2008 8:41 PM EDT |
@tc: I think you should write a full-length article on that line of reasoning. Examples, statements, etc. Buttress the points, and I'll enjoy watching you hit one out of the park. |
| softwarejanitor Mar 13, 2008 8:50 AM EDT |
This sort of thing is typical for Microsoft... they are the kind of people who like to show up late for a party and then claim that they invited everyone. |
| tuxchick Mar 13, 2008 9:22 AM EDT |
Oh gus, that's a Wikipedia-sized project. Maybe bigger. But it could be fun... |
| hkwint Mar 13, 2008 10:14 AM EDT |
At least as I understood MS is together with Ghadaffi/Libya in the Axis of Evil. |
| thenixedreport Mar 13, 2008 11:37 AM EDT |
The problem here is that by attempting to prevent Microsoft from taking over a project by constantly slamming said project, we are no better than Microsoft itself. The idea of a very low cost machine anywhere is a good one for multiple reasons besides third world countries. Sam Varghese may very well be attempting to play Devil's advocate, but if he is, he is doing a very poor job of it. This reminds me of how others referred to a certain other project as a waste of time, with one person in particular going out of their way trying to get sued. Thankfully, Mr. Varghese is smarter than that. |
| Sander_Marechal Mar 13, 2008 1:04 PM EDT |
Quoting:The problem here is that by attempting to prevent Microsoft from taking over a project by constantly slamming said project, we are no better than Microsoft itself. I'm not slamming the project or it's idea. I'm slamming project management for drinking the kool-aid and entertaining the idea of violating the project charter and selling the OLPC with XP installed. The OLPC board should have laughed MS out of the building as soon as they asked for better hardware in order to attempt an XP port. |
| tracyanne Mar 13, 2008 1:07 PM EDT |
Sam Varghese is a Richard Cranium. |
| tuxchick Mar 13, 2008 4:08 PM EDT |
Quoting: Sam Varghese is a Richard Cranium. Giggle. I get it. :) |
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