On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Ankur Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> From: Bibek Paudel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 6:33 PM
> Subject: {OLPC Nepal} Re: [FOSSNepal] Re: Report: OLPC may eventually
> switch from Linux to Windows XP
> To: [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
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> Hi all,
> While I personally think it is bad for OLPC to switch to Windows XP,
> here a few observations that I have made:
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> 1. Any development/education project meant for third world countries
> is best when it is natively grown. A top down approach where some guy
> in Boston teaches us how to change things in our neighbourhood is
> never likely to understand and respect our situation and problems. He
> has other priorities. A bottom-up approach should be devised where
> grassroot organizations from different parts of the world collaborate
> to form a mother organization that works in their benefit. Compare
> this to Nepal's political situation where every other politician/media
> claims to represent the people and be working for them. Things won't
> that way in technology too.
>
[ ... ]
Nice observation, Bibek. But, one thing... i think.. Nicolas Negroponte is
in trap. He has been trying to spread a new revolution, but he is out of
money to do that. Now, if you have a real big dream and if you really love
your dream, you will want to establish it in any way. No matter how much it
costs! Now, i think, M$ is trying to capture Nicolas with money.
Such same thing happened to me some years ago. I really liked a girl and i
couldn`t even sleep without her image in my mind... i tried a lot... and now
she is mine!! :)
As simple as this...
That`s it!
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Best,
Z
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