Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:24:58 -0500, Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:09:37 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> One Laptop Per Child will succeed even if it "fails"
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| Some of the anti-OLPC notes that have appeared since Intel was kicked out of
>>>| the project have been well-reasoned (read the Economist's near-obituary and
>>>| Nikolaj Nyholm on Radar) -- but much of the anti-OLPC opining has
>>>| deteriorated to personal attack on OLPC head Nicholas Negroponte. At least
>>>| one of those sources of attack has turned out to be run by an Intel employee.
>>>| There are plenty of forces that want OLPC to fail commercially.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/01/dont_bury_one_l.html
>>>
>>> Meanwhile, Microsoft seems to be using Fool (MSN Network) not only to praise
>>> itself, but also to attack Google. New exampes:
>>>
>>> Banned by Google
>>
>> The project was stillborn because Negroponte didn't figure into the
>> equation that people like to make money.
>> It's all about money and until you Linux fools figure that out you will
>> fail time and time again.
>
> You are the fool. Nothing in Linux precludes you from making money - it's
> *how* you make it that is different.
Naive IMO.
The question is, WHO will give you money. Few, if any it seems. I am
sure you can get a good solid 60-70K dollar job programming embedded
systems in C. But, well, it's not exactly exciting for most new
developers. it sounds cool, but it's incredibly boring and at times
frustrating.
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