Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 15 March 2007 16:25 \__
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Romania bites the OLPC bait!
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| Yesterday, the Prime Minister of Romania (otherwise, an intelligent guy)
>>>| fell for the One Laptop Per Child project.
>>>|
>>>| [...]
>>>|
>>>| In brief, the targeted audience is 1.2 million children, and the
>>>| program is planned to be "operational" (what is this supposed to mean?!)
>>>| on September 15.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://beranger.org/index.php?article=2590&from=rss
>>>
>>
>> It's quite fascinating seeing how the Microsoft campaign against OLPC
>> still runs, seems to be getting ever more aggressive, and yet, like King
>> Cnut, will not be able to stop the tide coming in.
>>
>> That article is quite amusing in its attempts to spin and fud, though.
>
> No, the author is a Linux Guru and an icon in the Linux world. He's from
> Romania, but you can truly say that he's cosmopolitan. He has always been a
> critic of this project, ...
I've yet to see a truly valid criticism raised. The article seemed to
have a lot of fud-points, but I couldn't really see anything of value in
terms of criticism.
> ... but _DO BEAR IN MIND_ that the guy always rants,
> never praises. His reviews concentrate on the negatives, which is good if
> you ever want to improve (my Supervisor is like that as well).
So long as you agree with the criticisms, of course...
>
> It is most fascinating that _even_ in a country where piracy is so prevalent,
> Linux remains so desirable. They want to change their ways.
>
I cannot see any national government wishing to support copyright
violation (piracy is attacking ships at sea!), so if they can legitimately
provide computing capability into schools in such a way that copying of
software stops, then that is an excellent thing. There is no wonder that
Microsoft have been fighting this, though - as they've said many times,
they prefer people to make illegitimate copies of /their/ software and
"collect later". OLPC drives a huge stake through the heart of that
particular drug-dealer distribution philosophy.
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