<OT> OLPC program swings to M$

[Arthur Pemberton]

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Robin Laing
<Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca> wrote:
> I participated in the OLPC buy 1 give 1 program to help it grow for two
> reasons.
>
> One to get the OLPC into the public and used in more places.
> Two, to give a kick to MS and Intel over the classmate.
>
> One thing that has come out of the OLPC and the EeePC is forcing MS to keep
> providing support for XP which they don't want to remain in production.
>
> When I first read about XP on the OLPC, I believed that this was a bad issue
> but at least there was a dual boot option.  Now that I read that the dual
> boot is not going to happen, then I cannot support the project as the idea
> of free and open is totally lost.
>
> My kids liked the Sugar interface but there needs to be more tools to make
> the OLPC useful.  Putting Sugar onto Windows could be a good move to get
> more recognition of OpenSource into the public.
>
> I have not looked at the license for Sugar but I hope it is GPLv3.
>
> I am still not sure what way to think but as long as it keeps MS looking
> over their shoulder at these small laptops, I am happy.
>

It's GPL, I am guessing v2 though. I doubt MS would go near it if it
was GPLv3 with its new patent invalidation clauses.

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