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Re: [Fsfe-uk] Time to boycot OLPC?
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Dave Crossland |
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Re: [Fsfe-uk] Time to boycot OLPC? |
Date: |
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:10:24 +0200 |
2008/4/24 Alex Hudson <address@hidden>:
> I think what OLPC is discovering is that there are sufficient customers who
> want Windows that the dent in their costs is likely to be more than offset
> by the increase in volume they can ship.
That is exactly what is happening; if they make the Sugar UI run on
windows and ship windows, they will sell more laptops. This is a
education project (ie, about putting the Sugar in kids hands) and not
a software freedom project.
I figured something like this was going on when over a month ago I
read the Chief Security Engineer's blog:
"Not long ago, OLPC undertook a drastic internal restructuring coupled
with what, despite official claims to the contrary, is a radical
change in its goals and vision from those that were shared with me
when I was invited to join the project. Adding insult to injury, I was
asked to stop working with Walter Bender, without a doubt one of the
most stunningly thoughtful and competent people I've ever worked with.
Following Walter's demotion from OLPC presidency, I was to report
instead to a manager with no technical or engineering background who
was put in charge of all OLPC technology.
***I cannot subscribe to the organization's new aims or structure in
good faith,*** nor can I reconcile them with my personal ethic. Having
exhausted other options, three weeks ago I resigned my post at OLPC."
http://radian.org/notebook/maintaining-clarity
--
Regards,
Dave
- [Fsfe-uk] Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Time to boycot OLPC?, (continued)
- [Fsfe-uk] Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Time to boycot OLPC?, Simon Ward, 2008/04/24
- Re: [Fsfe-uk] Time to boycot OLPC?, Alex Hudson, 2008/04/24
- Re: [Fsfe-uk] Time to boycot OLPC?, Ian Lynch, 2008/04/24
- Re: [Fsfe-uk] Time to boycot OLPC?, Alex Hudson, 2008/04/24
- Re: [Fsfe-uk] Time to boycot OLPC?, Ian Lynch, 2008/04/24
- Re: [Fsfe-uk] Time to boycot OLPC?, Ian Lynch, 2008/04/24
- Re: [Fsfe-uk] Time to boycot OLPC?, Alex Hudson, 2008/04/24
- Re: [Fsfe-uk] Time to boycot OLPC?, Ian Lynch, 2008/04/24
- Re: [Fsfe-uk] Time to boycot OLPC?, Alex Hudson, 2008/04/24
- Re: [Fsfe-uk] Time to boycot OLPC?, Ian Lynch, 2008/04/24
- Re: [Fsfe-uk] Time to boycot OLPC?,
Dave Crossland <=
- Re: [Fsfe-uk] Time to boycot OLPC?, Alex Hudson, 2008/04/25
- Re: [Fsfe-uk] Time to boycot OLPC?, Ian Lynch, 2008/04/25
- Re: [Fsfe-uk] Time to boycot OLPC?, Nick Hill, 2008/04/25
- Re: [Fsfe-uk] Time to boycot OLPC?, Ian Lynch, 2008/04/25
- Re: [Fsfe-uk] Time to boycot OLPC?, Nick Hill, 2008/04/25
Re: [Fsfe-uk] Time to boycot OLPC?, Kevin Donnelly, 2008/04/24