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Story: Negroponte: Windows key to OLPC philosophy

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Posted by: mattlee (Friday 2 November 2007, 3:05 PM)

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bad for humanity!

if the OLPC winds up as a vehicle to create a dependence on Windows for millions of poor people, the net effect for humanity will be negative. What makes it good is if it leads the users to freedom through free, freedom-respecting software.

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/schools.html

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