Verily I say unto thee, that skydweller spake thusly:
> We seem to agree that there are many problems which could use
> rectification, corruption being one of them; I'd venture to guess
> that we even agree on most of the problems. I took specific issue
> with the characterization of Intel in your post - not that they
> aren't sleazebags (they are), but that it is a distraction to focus
> on that in the context of a discussion of the merits of competing
> educational platforms.
As you (and everyone else) should by now be aware, this deal has
subsequently been hijacked by Microsoft, much to the Mandriva CEO's
great disillusionment:
http://blog.mandriva.com/2007/10/31/an-open-letter-to-steve-ballmer
I think it's fairly safe to assume Intel had a hand in this deception,
since they have partnered with Microsoft to monopolise the "opportunity"
for exploiting the poor in the third world.
I'm not saying that it is right to always highlight the black cloud,
when there's a silver lining to be advocated, but neither Microsoft nor
Intel are the sort of companies that one should /ever/ give the benefit
of the doubt to, nor turn one's back on. Their involvement in /any/
initiative should treated with extreme suspicion, and I think my initial
pessimism has subsequently been fully justified by the eventual outcome.
> I am far from apathetic; I focus on areas where I am able to make an
> impact. Two local churches (mine, and my wife's employer) are now
> running open source software (churchdb, LAMP stack) to manage various
> aspects of their congregations and ministries.
I applaud your efforts. I'm afraid that my local church simply doesn't
use computers at all, although I did help my Catholic Priest (now Canon)
to install Ubuntu Christian Edition on his personal laptop.
Here's a link you may be interested in:
Linux for Christians:
http://www.thelinuxlink.net/l4c/programs.html
Their motto is: "Linux - Free as in Salvation. Eph 2:8-9"
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K.
http://slated.org
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| - http://blog.businessofsoftware.org/2007/07/cringely-the-un.html
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