[SLL] OLPC seems to go to the dark side

[Jerry Horvath]

It is obvious that cash is a very strong human attractor and social
disruptor.  However, one should not feel the OLPC game is lost.  M$ or
Wintel may own stadiums, rules, teams, refs, and cheerleaders.  This
does not imply that OLPC must aspire to play their game.

With respect to XP running on OLPC, the official word is OS
independence.  I saw a home grown demonstration of Ubuntu on OLPC.
There is an active Seattle OLPC group.  Check the OLPC Linuxfest
Northwest Wiki.

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/LinuxFest_Northwest_2008

Regards,

Jerry Horvath

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Glenn Stone <technoshaman at liawol.org> wrote:
>
>  The OLPC project has lost another key member, and Negroponte is looking at
>  porting the Sugar UI to Windows... ewwww...
>
>  http://www.eetasia.com/ART_8800519435_499495_NT_7a14b967.HTM
>
>  He *had* the Perfect Storm idea for World Domination... and, unless I miss
>  my guess, *sold out*.  *sigh*
>
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