On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Sean DALY wrote:
> I have interviewed Mr. Stallman several times in the past and will
> brief him on the current situation. I don't know if he wrote the
> actual copy in question.
It may be more effective to talk with Mako Hill. He is well known by
Sugaristas/OLPC'
Sugar Labs suffers from OLPC's lack of interest in press
communications and in combating misperceptions (in particular the
wholly inaccurate meme that XO-1s are delivered with Windows).
Although we manage to get mostly positive coverage for Sugar, it's two
steps forward, one step back when OLPC doe
I am in personal contact with Stallman (rms) on this. Who else here
knows him? We have met several times at computing events, and
discussed other questions in e-mail. I was a factor in his choice of
the XO as his main computer, which unfortunately lasted only a short
time, because he was unaware th
Bill Kerr writes:
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Bastien wrote:
>
> After a discussion with the FSF, they agreed the picture was not really
> appropriate and that the text should clearly distinguish OLPC from Sugar.
>
> They will make an update - stay tuned.
>
> the picture i
I don't think anyone was suggesting that it is OK to smear OLPC. In
fact, this thread was begun because a number of us are outraged at the
smear campaign that is (presumably) largely a result of ignorance.
That said, OLPC and Sugar Labs are not the same. OLPC makes hardware
and currently distribut
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Bill Kerr wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Bastien
> wrote:
>>
>> After a discussion with the FSF, they agreed the picture was not really
>> appropriate and that the text should clearly distinguish OLPC from Sugar.
>>
>> They will make an update - stay tun
bill wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Bastien wrote:
>
> > After a discussion with the FSF, they agreed the picture was not really
> > appropriate and that the text should clearly distinguish OLPC from Sugar.
i'm confused. it's okay to smear olpc, but not sugar??
> >
> > They wil
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Bastien wrote:
> After a discussion with the FSF, they agreed the picture was not really
> appropriate and that the text should clearly distinguish OLPC from Sugar.
>
> They will make an update - stay tuned.
the picture is gone but the words are still there:
>
Thanks!
We'd still love for them to come by GPA just for the sheer joy of seeing an
entire room of old windows machines shinning with Open Source software.
Caroline
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 3:05 AM, Bastien wrote:
> After a discussion with the FSF, they agreed the picture was not really
> appropr
After a discussion with the FSF, they agreed the picture was not really
appropriate and that the text should clearly distinguish OLPC from Sugar.
They will make an update - stay tuned.
Thanks!
--
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On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 15:35, Walter Bender wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Caroline Meeks
> wrote:
>> Is the author local to Boston? Maybe we should take him over to the GPA and
>> show him a room full of Windows machines all running open software. Perhaps
>> seeing it for himself wil
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Caroline Meeks wrote:
> Is the author local to Boston? Maybe we should take him over to the GPA and
> show him a room full of Windows machines all running open software. Perhaps
> seeing it for himself will
> help, the authors certainly seem to care about what kids
Is the author local to Boston? Maybe we should take him over to the GPA and
show him a room full of Windows machines all running open software. Perhaps
seeing it for himself will
help, the authors certainly seem to care about what kids are using for
their education.
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:02 A
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 14:08, Bill Kerr wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Bert Freudenberg
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 28.08.2009, at 11:33, Bill Kerr wrote:
>>>
>>> > n Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Walter Bender
>>> > wrote:
>>> >> === S
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 14:08, Bill Kerr wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Bert Freudenberg
> wrote:
>>
>> On 28.08.2009, at 11:33, Bill Kerr wrote:
>>
>> > n Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Walter Bender
>> > wrote:
>> >> === Sugar Digest ===
>> >> 4. The recent FSF campaign condemning the
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
>
> On 28.08.2009, at 11:33, Bill Kerr wrote:
>
> > n Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Walter Bender
> > wrote:
> >> === Sugar Digest ===
> >> 4. The recent FSF campaign condemning the use of Windows 7 in
> >> education (See http://windows7sin
On 28/ago/2009, at 11.48, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> It's tragic how they undermine their allies' efforts in their blind
> zealousness.
Worse than that, it's complete FUD. This is something you'd expect
from MSFT, but not the FSF. The number of XOs shipped with Windows is
still 0.
-lf
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On 28.08.2009, at 11:33, Bill Kerr wrote:
> n Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Walter Bender
> wrote:
>> === Sugar Digest ===
>> 4. The recent FSF campaign condemning the use of Windows 7 in
>> education (See http://windows7sins.org/) imputes OLPC in complicity
>> with Microsoft. It is disappoint
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