Yep, that's why Opera and Flash are not included by default on the OLPC. Sounds "extremist" to me too.
One shouldn't build an organization with the overriding goal of defeating Microsoft. That just gets Microsoft's attention and arouses their anger. No, the goal that's been forgotten is reaching the children.
That said, WinXP would be a frustrating experience for children -- patch Tuesday, registry corruption, viruses, default admin permission, etc.
In contrast, the OLPC hardware is thoughtfully designed and the software included is well suited for children. But to limit software to Open Source only is myopic.
>>Intel is a for-profit corporation beholden to its stock holders...
A lesson here... whenever you read or hear this, please realize that corporations hide behind this phrase whenever they do something unethical, stupid, or borderline illegal. Corporations also have a duty to their customers, employees, the product or service they sell, and to the government with regard to taxes. Shareholders are not, and cannot be, foremost on their minds.
(Keeping hand down) Amanda Congdon preceded youTube. She can be considered the co-founder and Mother of the vlog... the other founder and Father being her estranged business partner Andrew Baron. I learned about RocketBoom from Scoble's blog (I expect more slashdotters are familiar with him) back in late 2004.
Rocketboom was a way cool and quirky 3 minute daily show. As I understand it, Amanda didn't get paid much doing the show, and was a struggling actress....very different from the heiress Paris Hilton.
I shouldn't say "was" as Rocketboom still airs, but with new hostess Joanne Colan.
Anyway, to all the slash dot cynics, Amanda has worked hard and has earned her success.
But still a bit of a stretch. I mean, why not other Tim Burton movies then? Batman? (An avenging dark knight.) The Lord of the Rings? (Epic battle btwn good and evil.)
Ok, the system could be foobar()'d. Or it could be a couple of chuckleheads making links they think are funny. Either way, a community is concerned and the situation needs to be addressed.
Well, from TFA, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" also linked to African American themes. Hmmmm... not sure where the glass is half-full here. "A way out of poverty" would be a stretch.
Although TFA article pointed out that *later in the day* "Planet of the Apes" linked to other innoucuous titles such as "Everybody Loves Raymond," I suspect this was just PR damage control.
I hear that IT companies in India go for all sorts of certifications -- CMM, Sigma 6, ISO 9000, etc. -- and that helps them win U.S. contracts. In contrast, U.S. developers see these certs as dubious, and don't embrace them as quickly, if at all.
Yeah, I'm one of those that question the value of the certifications toward software development. I prefer to abide by "The Mythical Man-Month", but that doesn't help me win contracts.:-P
The problem is many people don't understand the difference between an explanation (why something happened) and an excuse (why what happened is okay).
Agreed. There's also the danger of blaming the victim. After 9/11, terrorists would pose "Don't you want to know why the world hates America so much?" That's a lot like blaming a rape victim for walking alone. Or dressing attractively.
A nerd friend was mugged in the subway -- glasses knocked off, physically knocked down, wallet taken. He somewhat blamed himself for being weak, unaware, and being in the wrong place at the wrong time. He's smarter from the experience, but the mugger was clearly wrong. But yes, it helps to understand the mugger (feed his family? on drugs?) to solve the problem.
>>So how could a PC transmit email? It didn't unless you loaded Novell with ccMail or some other similar infrastructure add in.
Well, there was the serial port and a Hayes Modem. A popular communications app was a shareware one: ProComm. Email was available via Compuserve, a BBS, perhaps a university, and later AOL.
So the PC could send and receive email. It just wasn't a straightforward thing to set up, at least for the business types.
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>>or closed source anything
Yep, that's why Opera and Flash are not included by default on the OLPC. Sounds "extremist" to me too.
One shouldn't build an organization with the overriding goal of defeating Microsoft. That just gets Microsoft's attention and arouses their anger. No, the goal that's been forgotten is reaching the children.
That said, WinXP would be a frustrating experience for children -- patch Tuesday, registry corruption, viruses, default admin permission, etc.
In contrast, the OLPC hardware is thoughtfully designed and the software included is well suited for children. But to limit software to Open Source only is myopic.
>>Intel is a for-profit corporation beholden to its stock holders...
A lesson here... whenever you read or hear this, please realize that corporations hide behind this phrase whenever they do something unethical, stupid, or borderline illegal. Corporations also have a duty to their customers, employees, the product or service they sell, and to the government with regard to taxes. Shareholders are not, and cannot be, foremost on their minds.
>>Er, Isn't this what Linux is about? I
Yes, I was wondering when someone will mention TrollTech's QTopia Green Phone:
http://trolltech.com/products/qtopia/greenphone
There seems to be some interesting overlap between the gPhone and the Green Phone.
(Keeping hand down) Amanda Congdon preceded youTube. She can be considered the co-founder and Mother of the vlog... the other founder and Father being her estranged business partner Andrew Baron. I learned about RocketBoom from Scoble's blog (I expect more slashdotters are familiar with him) back in late 2004.
...very different from the heiress Paris Hilton.
Rocketboom was a way cool and quirky 3 minute daily show. As I understand it, Amanda didn't get paid much doing the show, and was a struggling actress.
I shouldn't say "was" as Rocketboom still airs, but with new hostess Joanne Colan.
Anyway, to all the slash dot cynics, Amanda has worked hard and has earned her success.
Maaaybeeeee....
But still a bit of a stretch. I mean, why not other Tim Burton movies then? Batman? (An avenging dark knight.) The Lord of the Rings? (Epic battle btwn good and evil.)
Ok, the system could be foobar()'d. Or it could be a couple of chuckleheads making links they think are funny. Either way, a community is concerned and the situation needs to be addressed.
Well, from TFA, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" also linked to African American themes. Hmmmm... not sure where the glass is half-full here. "A way out of poverty" would be a stretch.
Although TFA article pointed out that *later in the day* "Planet of the Apes" linked to other innoucuous titles such as "Everybody Loves Raymond," I suspect this was just PR damage control.
I hear that IT companies in India go for all sorts of certifications -- CMM, Sigma 6, ISO 9000, etc. -- and that helps them win U.S. contracts. In contrast, U.S. developers see these certs as dubious, and don't embrace them as quickly, if at all.
:-P
Yeah, I'm one of those that question the value of the certifications toward software development. I prefer to abide by "The Mythical Man-Month", but that doesn't help me win contracts.
Agreed. There's also the danger of blaming the victim. After 9/11, terrorists would pose "Don't you want to know why the world hates America so much?" That's a lot like blaming a rape victim for walking alone. Or dressing attractively.
A nerd friend was mugged in the subway -- glasses knocked off, physically knocked down, wallet taken. He somewhat blamed himself for being weak, unaware, and being in the wrong place at the wrong time. He's smarter from the experience, but the mugger was clearly wrong. But yes, it helps to understand the mugger (feed his family? on drugs?) to solve the problem.
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One wonders how many Microsoft developers are bailing because they are sick of the increasing lack of creative room under Herr Ballmer.
Nah, Ballmer is a great "Chairleader".
>>So how could a PC transmit email? It didn't unless you loaded Novell with ccMail or some other similar infrastructure add in.
Well, there was the serial port and a Hayes Modem. A popular communications app was a shareware one: ProComm. Email was available via Compuserve, a BBS, perhaps a university, and later AOL.
So the PC could send and receive email. It just wasn't a straightforward thing to set up, at least for the business types.