[OLPC-Philippines] getting mp3 sound working w/ Gnash easily

[James Shields]

"exposed kids" ... "hooked"?  This is the kind of zealotry we need to avoid.

I was talking about using Flash versus using Gnash.  Not about running off
and installing every bit of software that the Knights of FOSS hate on every
single XO.

James Shields


-----Original Message-----
From: olpc-philippines-bounces at lists.laptop.org
[mailto:olpc-philippines-bounces at lists.laptop.org]On Behalf Of Mj Mendoza IV
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 10:05 PM
To: OLPC Philippines/Pilipinas grassroots
Subject: Re: [OLPC-Philippines] getting mp3 sound working w/ Gnash easily


> I'm just not willing to let children wait while we adults debate things.

If we exposed this kids to proprietary software, do we have the ability to
provide them:
* MS Office
* Photoshop (for future artists)
* Flash (for future game programmers/designers)
* AutoCAD (for future engineers)
* Maya (for future animators)
* SPSS (for future researchers)
* SPSS (for future researchers)

All those softwares for 13.6M kids -- yearly. Each license costs how much?!?

The FOSS community has been fighting the proprietary software for this very
reason.

We have to face that fact that our generation has been hooked using
proprietary software, that's why people like RMS is just a freedom nagger to
most of us.


Regards.

Mj Mendoza IV,
Developer, KonsolScript
http://konsolscript.sourceforge.net





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