Negroponte vs. Open-Source Fundamentalists

fyoder writes "Within the world of One Laptop per Child, both the Negropontistas and the Benderites envision a future for Sugar where it runs on multiple platforms, but the latter don't want Windows (or closed source anything) as part of that future. OLPC's emphasis has always seemed to me to be on Sugar, with Linux simply being a smart technical choice for the underlying OS. Yet what is becoming more explicit with the resignation of Walter Bender is that for many involved in the project there was a strong element of Linux advocacy, such that Negroponte's flirtation with Microsoft is felt to be pure sacrilege."

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Bruce Perens Explains the Details.

[gnutoo]

The general intentions of non free software companies have concrete expressions that are antithecal to education. Everyone should read his explanation of how Microsoft and big publishers have a lot to lose when it comes to getting free textbooks to children. This is not "Fundamentalism" it's calling a vested interests out for bad practices and things that should be considered crimes.

Re:Bruce Perens Explains the Details.

[twitter]

Very cool post, thanks.

Re:Bruce Perens Explains the Details.

[mrchaotica]

Damnit to fuck, Twitter, quit throwing away what little shred of fucking credibility you have by resorting to the shitty sock-puppets! Don't you realize that you are HURTING YOUR OWN CAUSE by engaging in tactics that piss people off at you?!

You ALREADY MADE your point (in a rather good way) with the post from your real account; you didn't need to FUCK IT UP with this bullshit!

Obviously, I'm just wasting my breath -- I'm beginning to believe that YOU ARE A MICROSOFT SHILL YOURSELF because NOTHING you could do to be more HARMFUL to the cause you claim to advocate than what you are doing RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!!

I fucking AGREE with you and still wish you would DIE IN A FIRE!

So I'm going to say this once and for all: if you're indeed not a shill, then SHUT THE FUCK UP, YOU STUPID BITCH!!!!!

Don't bother brave Slashdot Defender.

[inTheLoo]

Everyone knows you are some kind of nutjob wasting 100% of your time harassing people you think are twitter and your home page proves it. All you talk about is twitter, then you whine and complain that he has too many sock puppets for you to keep up with as if you had something better to do with your time. Your posts under the willyhilly account span two and a half hours today. Every other day is more or less the same depending on when you think twitter is writting. Of course a troll like you has multiple other accounts to float your karma up to excellent and smash down people you don't like, so you must spend close to all of your time flaming people. That does not leave much time for a report no one cares about, but I'm looking forward to it anyway because it should be amusing.

I'd tell you to seek help but this is obviously a lost cause. If and when twitter gets something better to do than attract your abuse, you will still be at it because you are convinced that everyone is twitter and furious that anyone could break your trolly first post monopoly and crap flooding. Eventually, you might forget twitter and go back to abusing the editors. No matter what you do, you are chasing shadows and Slashdot continues to log the news.