On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Arne Babenhauserheide <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am Freitag 30 Mai 2008 01:44:29 schrieb Edward Cherlin: > >> > I don't often write here, but at the moment I don't see why BitFrost >> > should be used in the first case (except, because we _can_). >> >> Because of governments that will not buy unprotected laptops for >> schoolchildren. > > But they buy them with Windows... ;) > > Still, that is a reason I understand. > > >> And if the government installs Windows on your XO, whose problem is it >> then? If it was just people, we wouldn't be having this argument. > > That depends on whether the government and schools can lock children in > Windows.
Governments can, and some very likely will require that certain lessons be given in Windows. >> > Or did I miss Windows getting preinstalled on every XO or something >> > similarly absurd? >> >> Yes, you did. Egypt in particular demanded dual-boot XOs for all of >> its students. > > Ouch, that's really painful. > > Seems I did miss quite much, when I didn't have time to read my mails... > > > Many thanks for getting me up to date, > Arne Think nothing of it. -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
