[OLPC-Philippines] Stallman and OLPC

[Jerome Gotangco]

2008/10/10 Mj Mendoza IV <mjmendoza at ymail.com>:
> I'm just concerned if we (all the OLPC volunteers in general) are really
> helping out the OLPC Project in bringing out its core goals.

He (Stallman) also wrote this:

"Proprietary software keeps users divided and helpless. Its
functioning is secret, so it is incompatible with the spirit of
learning. Teaching children to use a proprietary (non-free) system
such as Windows does not make the world a better place, because it
puts them under the power of the system's developer -- perhaps
permanently. You might as well introduce the children to an addictive
drug. If the XO turns out to be a platform for spreading the use of
proprietary software, its overall effect on the world will be
negative."

Stallman is likening Windows to a drug? This was discussed before. I'd
rather not elaborate. I used to contribute to the FSF as a sustaining
member but how things are going lately, with Stallman at the
forefront, and raiding Apple Stores, etc. they've become
fundamentalists looking to cull the infidels.

Sugar as a learning platform should not be locked to this
fundamentalist mindset. Sugar ported to Windows is a win for learning,
expands learning opportunities, reaches a bigger audience. But this is
not the ultimate goal of Sugar (porting).

-- 
Jerome G.

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