Re: [Fsfe-uk] Time to boycot OLPC?

[Alex Hudson]

Dave Crossland wrote:
> 2008/4/24 Alex Hudson <address@hidden>:
>   
> >  I think what OLPC is discovering is that there are sufficient customers who
> > want Windows that the dent in their costs is likely to be more than offset
> > by the increase in volume they can ship.
> >     
>
> That is exactly what is happening; if they make the Sugar UI run on
> windows and ship windows, they will sell more laptops. This is a
> education project (ie, about putting the Sugar in kids hands) and not
> a software freedom project.
>   

Hm, that does make sense then - the project can't serve two masters 
without compromise.

Cheers,

Alex.