‘One Laptop per Child’ to Switch from Linux to Windows?

As posted to our Ubuntu users Meetup forum, by Jay:

One Laptop Per Child may eventually switch from GNU/Linux to Windows

http://truthhappens.redhatmagazine.com/2008/04/23/sigh/

It seems like locking kids minds into proprietary frames still remains a priority for the educators.

So here is…  My email correspondence with OLPC just now…

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To: press@racepointgroup.com

Is it true that OLPC will be switching from a Linux OS to a Windows OS?

If so, you guys are pathetic, and I need to know so I can withdrawal all my support for the OLPC project as soon as possible.

Bruce Wagner

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From: press@racepointgroup.com

This is not true.  OLPC will support both Linux and Windows.  Governments have been asking for both.

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To: press@racepointgroup.com

That is NOT ok.

See http://linux.meetup.com/392/messages/boards/thread/4635205

And http://truthhappens.redhatmagazine.com/2008/04/23/sigh/

It it self-defeating to go down a proprietary closed corporate path like Windows.   It is also self-defeating to split your resources in half between two separate development paths.   Windows has no future in a program such as OLPC.  Your role is EDUCATION, not backing down to special interests and corporate greed.

Don’t cave in to anyone.   Stick to FREEDOM — open source free software, not corporate interests — if you hope or expect to get any support from the global community.

Bruce Wagner

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(also posted in the Ubuntu Forums, here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=818407 )

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