Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Fwd: w7sins FUD

2009-09-02 Thread Sameer Verma
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 1:51 AM, Bert Freudenberg wrote: > Thanks to all who made the FSF change this. > > - Bert - +1 Sameer > On 02.09.2009, at 08:14, Bill Kerr wrote: > >> Yes the new paragraph is more reasonable: >> >> Microsoft is now targeting governments who are purchasing XOs, in an >> at

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Fwd: w7sins FUD

2009-09-02 Thread Bert Freudenberg
Thanks to all who made the FSF change this. - Bert - On 02.09.2009, at 08:14, Bill Kerr wrote: > Yes the new paragraph is more reasonable: > > Microsoft is now targeting governments who are purchasing XOs, in an > attempt to get them to replace the free software with Windows. It > remains to

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Fwd: w7sins FUD

2009-09-01 Thread Bill Kerr
Yes the new paragraph is more reasonable: Microsoft is now targeting governments who are purchasing XOs, in an attempt to get them to replace the free software with Windows. It remains to be seen to what degree Microsoft will succeed. But with all of this pressure, Microsoft has harmed a project t

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Fwd: w7sins FUD

2009-09-01 Thread Bobby Powers
in any case, the text appears to be fixed now in a much more reasonable fashion. bobby On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Sebastian Silva wrote: > 2009/8/31 Walter Bender >> >> I don't think anyone on this list was suggesting that Windows on OLPC >> was/is a good/appropriate solution for learning.

[IAEP] [support-gang] Fwd: w7sins FUD

2009-08-31 Thread Sebastian Silva
2009/8/31 Walter Bender > 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 t

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Fwd: w7sins FUD

2009-08-31 Thread Walter Bender
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

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Fwd: w7sins FUD

2009-08-31 Thread Sebastian Silva
Heya, Sorry for the cross post but I f