2008/4/24 Alex Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I think what OLPC is discovering is that there are sufficient customers who > want Windows that the dent in their costs is likely to be more than offset > by the increase in volume they can ship.
That is exactly what is happening; if they make the Sugar UI run on windows and ship windows, they will sell more laptops. This is a education project (ie, about putting the Sugar in kids hands) and not a software freedom project. I figured something like this was going on when over a month ago I read the Chief Security Engineer's blog: "Not long ago, OLPC undertook a drastic internal restructuring coupled with what, despite official claims to the contrary, is a radical change in its goals and vision from those that were shared with me when I was invited to join the project. Adding insult to injury, I was asked to stop working with Walter Bender, without a doubt one of the most stunningly thoughtful and competent people I've ever worked with. Following Walter's demotion from OLPC presidency, I was to report instead to a manager with no technical or engineering background who was put in charge of all OLPC technology. ***I cannot subscribe to the organization's new aims or structure in good faith,*** nor can I reconcile them with my personal ethic. Having exhausted other options, three weeks ago I resigned my post at OLPC." http://radian.org/notebook/maintaining-clarity -- Regards, Dave _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
