Walter leaving and shift to XP.

[Edward Cherlin]

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Joshua N Pritikin <jpritikin at pobox.com> wrote:
> I think the key word is "Trojan Horse":
>
>  "I believe the best educational tool is constructionism and the best
>  software development method is Open Source. In some cases those are best
>  achieved like the Trojan Horse, versus direct confrontation or isolating
>  ourselves with perfection."
...
>  To spell it out, Windows + Sugar is the Trojan Horse. However, we are
>  "secretly" filling up the Trojan Horse with free software. In other
>  words, the free software community are the Greek warriors. The idea is
>  that slightly indiscriminate decision makers (the Trojans) will buy our
>  Trojan Horse (advertised to them as Sugar + Windows).

All of this in plain sight, mind you.

>  Once we close the
>  deal, we can deliver Sugar ... and before anybody figures out what is
>  going on, all the teachers and students will fall in love with Sugar +
>  GNU/Linux

See, you lose me there. How did they find out about Linux, and how
were they able to install it? Schools can't install any software
whatsoever without official approval. Do you think that Microsoft is
going to miss that point?

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Edward Cherlin
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