2009/8/31 Walter Bender <[email protected]> > I don't think anyone on this list was suggesting that Windows on OLPC > was/is a good/appropriate solution for learning. But there is a free > software alternative, Sugar, that is designed to be appropriated by > the local community/culture. We were asking, why doesn't the FSF > promote alternatives (Sugar or some other free learning platform) in > parallel with their anti-cultural-imperialism message? > > -walter > > Walter, I thank you for taking my comment and bringing it back into the constructive sphere. Indeed your question is a very good one.
WRT business oriented platforms, I think the idea is that those promote themselves (due to market dynamics)... except in niches like education, health, environment, where, well, they don't. So your point is very valid that the FSF could and perhaps should promote alternatives for education (such as Sugar). Then again, perhaps that is part of our place as SugarLabs ( or perhaps at least our Local Labs efforts which are closer to deployments ). I don't think pointing at the problem is so bad, because the first step to meaningful change is recognizing there is a problem. Cheers Sebas -- Sebastian Silva Laboratorios FuenteLibre http://blog.sebastiansilva.com/
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