__/ [ John Bailo ] on Saturday 28 April 2007 17:55 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>>
>> http://members.forbes.com/global/2007/0507/082.html
>>
>> The above shows why the Windows-ready unit won't be suitable for
>> developing nations, let alone the west. The one-size-fits-all O/S won't
>> work properly.
>
> I don't care if it does or doesn't.
>
> Windows violates one of the 5 "core principles" of OLPC.
>
> Negro-Punt-E has said "it's a learning project, not a laptop project".
>
> And Open Source -- giving the children and their educators the power to
> push not only the product, but the code into new directions is part of
> this.
>
> With Open Source, the OLPC teaches them to fish -- with Windows, OLPC is a
> fish...a dead slimy fish.
Another analogy to use here is that of a book. The OLPC unit is a book
replacement, not a business laptop. For just a little bit of battery juice,
the child can get a lot of learning done. XO is minimalist. Windows was
built for something which is altogether different.
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~~ With kind regards
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