Hi, On Wed, Jun 15 2011, Bert Freudenberg wrote: >> Maybe it's just me but I replied how I felt as I read what was written. >> So, I still want to know what his purpose is for spending time with the >> olpc? Based on what I read, he sees the apple as our competitor. I could >> have done without the apple promo. > > Well, Sugar as installed on the XO is much less polished and versatile > than most other operating systems in wider use. Carlos simply compared > Sugar to the OS most familiar to him. His point would still be mostly > valid had he compared it to $YOUR_FAVORITE_OS.
Well, not really. Consider: Let's imagine now that Debian directors decide to save money by firing all the great programmers they employ, dedicated to write their operating systems. Let´s imagine they decide that a group of volunteers, worldwide, with a horizontal organization without chiefs, is the latest model in modern business management. What would happen? How much longer would Debian survive? Days? Hours? ... - Chris. -- Chris Ball <[email protected]> <http://printf.net/> One Laptop Per Child _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
