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Re: [News] Intel BUSTED Astroturfing Against OLPC/Linux, Spits and Fuels Anti-OLPC Slurs

  • Subject: Re: [News] Intel BUSTED Astroturfing Against OLPC/Linux, Spits and Fuels Anti-OLPC Slurs
  • From: "[H]omer" <spam@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:10:59 +0000
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Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:

> OLPC blog draws fire for failure to disclose
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | The OLPC News website in the past months has build up a reputation
> | for sharply criticizing the $100 laptop project headed up by
> | Nicholas Negroponte.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | So it doesn't take too much of a conspiracy theorist to believe
> | that Intel is secretly bankrolling the OLPC-News website.
> |
> | Adding insult to injury, OLPC-News is buying advertising on Google
> | to attract visitors to its website.
> `----
> 
> http://www.siliconvalleysleuth.com/2007/01/olpc_blog_draws.html

Something should be done to shut that site down immediately. This is
absolutely disgusting. It is presented as though it's one of the
official portals for the OLPC, but is in fact an Intel Shill running a
sabotage effort. Will those evil bastards stoop to any level to sabotage
a charity?

-- 
K.
http://slated.org

.----
| "[Microsoft] are willing to lose money for years and years just to
|  make sure that you don't make any money, either." - Bob Cringely.
|  - http://blog.businessofsoftware.org/2007/07/cringely-the-un.html
`----

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