Easy guys...
Destiny:
Negroponte will be taking RETIREMENT from OLPC and probably starting
his own company.
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 1:11 AM, Zico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> 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],
> [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:
> >
> > 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!
> --
> Best,
>
>
> Z
> >
>
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