* Tim Smith peremptorily fired off this memo:
> In article <1757249.kPj52FEsOC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Why Microsoft Must Control One Laptop Per Child
>
> OLPC director of security architecture calls that FUD piece "entirely
> misinormed":
>
> <http://radian.org/notebook/paradox-of-choice>
You guys might want to include links to all items at issue, just for
clarity.
http://technocrat.net/d/2008/1/10/33518
Why Microsoft Must Control One Laptop Per Child
Your link:
What, then, is true?
Yes, we've been meeting with Microsoft about their XP port. OLPC
has not dedicated resources to this work. We are not contributing
engineering time to it, considering it as part of our strategy, or
getting ready to replace Sugar. The extent of our involvement is
having several meetings with the Microsoft staff and allowing a
Microsoft-paid technical writer to work from our offices in order to
produce specifications that will aid the port \u2014 on the condition
that the specifications are also released publicly (they\u2019re
being posted to our wiki.)
The meetings are important. Microsoft decided to do a port, and they
would have done it with us or without us -- but they did
something remarkable: they asked us to work with them so we
don't wind up with walled gardens. They did not set out merely
to make XP boot on the XO and declare victory; they actually want to
partake in as much of our learning philosophy as they can. They
won't make XP open source, but they're building mesh
support, going to great lengths to support our security and theft
deterrence model, and working on allowing Sugar and Windows XOs to
collaborate and share seamlessly.
The folks running this work on the Microsoft side are good people.
They have left no doubt in my mind that they believe in what
we\u2019re doing and want to play along. I am also confident we have
made the right decision at OLPC by embracing their work instead of
stonewalling it.
Let's hope the author is not being naive.
If the tables were turned, OLPC would not be invited to the table.
--
Q: How do you stop an elephant from charging?
A: Take away his credit cards.
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