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Hardon
May 9, 2012, 3:23:10 AM5/9/12
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<http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/05/09/0258250/australian-government-backs-olpc>
<quote>
"One Laptop Per Child Australia had a win in the recent Australian
budget, receiving federal government funding for the first time. OLPC
Australia will benefit from $11.7 million of funding, which will be
used to purchase 50,000 laptops to distribute to students. The
organization recently launched a new initiative that builds an
educational ecosystem around the laptops, to help integrate them into
the learning process."
</quote>
--
I have examined all the known superstitions of the world, and I do
not find in our particular superstition of Christianity one redeeming
feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology.
-Thomas Jefferson
<quote>
"One Laptop Per Child Australia had a win in the recent Australian
budget, receiving federal government funding for the first time. OLPC
Australia will benefit from $11.7 million of funding, which will be
used to purchase 50,000 laptops to distribute to students. The
organization recently launched a new initiative that builds an
educational ecosystem around the laptops, to help integrate them into
the learning process."
</quote>
--
I have examined all the known superstitions of the world, and I do
not find in our particular superstition of Christianity one redeeming
feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology.
-Thomas Jefferson
Chris Ahlstrom
May 9, 2012, 6:05:14 AM5/9/12
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After swilling some grog, Hardon belched this bit o' wisdom:
> <http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/05/09/0258250/australian-government-backs-olpc>
>
> <quote>
> "One Laptop Per Child Australia had a win in the recent Australian
> budget, receiving federal government funding for the first time. OLPC
> Australia will benefit from $11.7 million of funding, which will be
> used to purchase 50,000 laptops to distribute to students. The
> organization recently launched a new initiative that builds an
> educational ecosystem around the laptops, to help integrate them into
> the learning process."
> </quote>
It's nice to see that the project is still going.
--
And here we have the latest completely wortless and assinie post from
chrisv who has yet to actually 'advocate' anything or participate in a
technical discussion. From his posting history here in COLA it's
apparent that chrisv can do nothing else other than to call people
trolls, idiots or make some sort of other feable insulting remarks.
He's the USA's version of Peter Koalmann.
-- Larry Qualig, 2006
> <http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/05/09/0258250/australian-government-backs-olpc>
>
> <quote>
> "One Laptop Per Child Australia had a win in the recent Australian
> budget, receiving federal government funding for the first time. OLPC
> Australia will benefit from $11.7 million of funding, which will be
> used to purchase 50,000 laptops to distribute to students. The
> organization recently launched a new initiative that builds an
> educational ecosystem around the laptops, to help integrate them into
> the learning process."
> </quote>
--
And here we have the latest completely wortless and assinie post from
chrisv who has yet to actually 'advocate' anything or participate in a
technical discussion. From his posting history here in COLA it's
apparent that chrisv can do nothing else other than to call people
trolls, idiots or make some sort of other feable insulting remarks.
He's the USA's version of Peter Koalmann.
-- Larry Qualig, 2006
Foster
May 9, 2012, 10:40:00 AM5/9/12
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On Wed, 9 May 2012 06:05:14 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> After swilling some grog, Hardon belched this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> <http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/05/09/0258250/australian-government-backs-olpc>
>>
>> <quote>
>> "One Laptop Per Child Australia had a win in the recent Australian
>> budget, receiving federal government funding for the first time. OLPC
>> Australia will benefit from $11.7 million of funding, which will be
>> used to purchase 50,000 laptops to distribute to students. The
>> organization recently launched a new initiative that builds an
>> educational ecosystem around the laptops, to help integrate them into
>> the learning process."
>> </quote>
>
> It's nice to see that the project is still going.
It's a worthwhile project.
> After swilling some grog, Hardon belched this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> <http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/05/09/0258250/australian-government-backs-olpc>
>>
>> <quote>
>> "One Laptop Per Child Australia had a win in the recent Australian
>> budget, receiving federal government funding for the first time. OLPC
>> Australia will benefit from $11.7 million of funding, which will be
>> used to purchase 50,000 laptops to distribute to students. The
>> organization recently launched a new initiative that builds an
>> educational ecosystem around the laptops, to help integrate them into
>> the learning process."
>> </quote>
>
> It's nice to see that the project is still going.
It's just too bad that the Open Source loonies made a mess of it.
GreyCloud
May 9, 2012, 1:44:33 PM5/9/12
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Just another entitlement program created by socialists.
Homer
May 10, 2012, 2:07:01 AM5/10/12
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Verily I say unto thee that Chris Ahlstrom spake thusly:
"compete" with this charity to "kill" AMD and GNU/Linux respectively.
--
K. | "You see? You cannot kill me. There is no flesh
http://slated.org | and blood within this cloak to kill. There is
Fedora 8 (Werewolf) on šky | only an idea. And ideas are bulletproof."
kernel 2.6.31.5, up 92 days | ~ V for Vendetta.
> After swilling some grog, Hardon belched this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> <http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/05/09/0258250/australian-government-backs-olpc>
>>
>> <quote>
>> "One Laptop Per Child Australia had a win in the recent Australian
>> budget, receiving federal government funding for the first time. OLPC
>> Australia will benefit from $11.7 million of funding, which will be
>> used to purchase 50,000 laptops to distribute to students. The
>> organization recently launched a new initiative that builds an
>> educational ecosystem around the laptops, to help integrate them into
>> the learning process."
>> </quote>
>
> It's nice to see that the project is still going.
No thanks to charity killers Intel and Microsoft, both of whom still
>
>> <http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/05/09/0258250/australian-government-backs-olpc>
>>
>> <quote>
>> "One Laptop Per Child Australia had a win in the recent Australian
>> budget, receiving federal government funding for the first time. OLPC
>> Australia will benefit from $11.7 million of funding, which will be
>> used to purchase 50,000 laptops to distribute to students. The
>> organization recently launched a new initiative that builds an
>> educational ecosystem around the laptops, to help integrate them into
>> the learning process."
>> </quote>
>
> It's nice to see that the project is still going.
"compete" with this charity to "kill" AMD and GNU/Linux respectively.
--
K. | "You see? You cannot kill me. There is no flesh
http://slated.org | and blood within this cloak to kill. There is
Fedora 8 (Werewolf) on šky | only an idea. And ideas are bulletproof."
kernel 2.6.31.5, up 92 days | ~ V for Vendetta.
Foster
May 10, 2012, 9:23:05 AM5/10/12
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On Thu, 10 May 2012 07:07:01 +0100, Homer wrote:
> Verily I say unto thee that Chris Ahlstrom spake thusly:
>> After swilling some grog, Hardon belched this bit o' wisdom:
>>
>>> <http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/05/09/0258250/australian-government-backs-olpc>
>>>
>>> <quote>
>>> "One Laptop Per Child Australia had a win in the recent Australian
>>> budget, receiving federal government funding for the first time. OLPC
>>> Australia will benefit from $11.7 million of funding, which will be
>>> used to purchase 50,000 laptops to distribute to students. The
>>> organization recently launched a new initiative that builds an
>>> educational ecosystem around the laptops, to help integrate them into
>>> the learning process."
>>> </quote>
>>
>> It's nice to see that the project is still going.
>
> No thanks to charity killers Intel and Microsoft, both of whom still
> "compete" with this charity to "kill" AMD and GNU/Linux respectively.
You leave out the incompetent babies from the FOSS world who screwed
> Verily I say unto thee that Chris Ahlstrom spake thusly:
>> After swilling some grog, Hardon belched this bit o' wisdom:
>>
>>> <http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/05/09/0258250/australian-government-backs-olpc>
>>>
>>> <quote>
>>> "One Laptop Per Child Australia had a win in the recent Australian
>>> budget, receiving federal government funding for the first time. OLPC
>>> Australia will benefit from $11.7 million of funding, which will be
>>> used to purchase 50,000 laptops to distribute to students. The
>>> organization recently launched a new initiative that builds an
>>> educational ecosystem around the laptops, to help integrate them into
>>> the learning process."
>>> </quote>
>>
>> It's nice to see that the project is still going.
>
> No thanks to charity killers Intel and Microsoft, both of whom still
> "compete" with this charity to "kill" AMD and GNU/Linux respectively.
the project up the first time.
GreyCloud
May 10, 2012, 1:22:36 PM5/10/12
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On 5/10/2012 12:07 AM, Homer wrote:
> Verily I say unto thee that Chris Ahlstrom spake thusly:
>> After swilling some grog, Hardon belched this bit o' wisdom:
>>
>>> <http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/05/09/0258250/australian-government-backs-olpc>
>>>
>>> <quote>
>>> "One Laptop Per Child Australia had a win in the recent Australian
>>> budget, receiving federal government funding for the first time. OLPC
>>> Australia will benefit from $11.7 million of funding, which will be
>>> used to purchase 50,000 laptops to distribute to students. The
>>> organization recently launched a new initiative that builds an
>>> educational ecosystem around the laptops, to help integrate them into
>>> the learning process."
>>> </quote>
>>
>> It's nice to see that the project is still going.
>
> No thanks to charity killers Intel and Microsoft, both of whom still
> "compete" with this charity to "kill" AMD and GNU/Linux respectively.
>
Now that is an out right lie.
> Verily I say unto thee that Chris Ahlstrom spake thusly:
>> After swilling some grog, Hardon belched this bit o' wisdom:
>>
>>> <http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/05/09/0258250/australian-government-backs-olpc>
>>>
>>> <quote>
>>> "One Laptop Per Child Australia had a win in the recent Australian
>>> budget, receiving federal government funding for the first time. OLPC
>>> Australia will benefit from $11.7 million of funding, which will be
>>> used to purchase 50,000 laptops to distribute to students. The
>>> organization recently launched a new initiative that builds an
>>> educational ecosystem around the laptops, to help integrate them into
>>> the learning process."
>>> </quote>
>>
>> It's nice to see that the project is still going.
>
> No thanks to charity killers Intel and Microsoft, both of whom still
> "compete" with this charity to "kill" AMD and GNU/Linux respectively.
>
I can go to Intels web site and get a free download of either C/C++
and/or Fortran for linux. Now how is this kind of charity out to kill
linux?
And yet for OS X and windows it would cost one around $800.
Kari Laine
May 10, 2012, 1:22:56 PM5/10/12
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lately because it seemed to have died a painful death in the co-op with MS.
Have they come to their senses and are back at Linux?
If not they won't succeed.
Kari
Homer
May 10, 2012, 9:12:46 PM5/10/12
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Verily I say unto thee that Kari Laine spake thusly:
Intel.
http://olpc.tv/2007/05/21/60-minutes
Pay particular attention to the segments at 09:40 and 11:17. Apparently
Craig Barrett, former Chairman and CEO of Intel, believes a /charity/ is
"competition", in a "market" that neither Intel nor Microsoft ever even
considered as such, unsurprisingly given that it's the *Third World*,
until /after/ a /charity/ started distributing AMD/Linux machines to
impoverished kids.
[quote]
Intel has already sabotaged the OLPC market by contracting hundreds of
thousands Classmate units in countries as Nigeria, Libya and Pakistan -
the original markets for Negroponte's laptops. Moreover, Bill Gates
announced that Microsoft would give a discounted $3 package, including
Windows, Microsoft XP student edition and other educational software,
which also was meant to sabotage Negroponte's XO laptop.
It was meant to be the other way around: industry giants should have
been shaking hands and work together for the benefit of hundreds of
millions of children - their possible future targeted market. Instead,
they have made out of poverty another battlefield in search for profit.
As for the children, the future of Negroponte's laptop is still
uncertain. We will witness next year the finality of this charity
project.
[/quote]
http://news.softpedia.com/news/One-Laptop-Per-Child-Sabotaged-by-Microsoft-and-Intel-71941.shtml
Pure, unadulterated evil.
> Have they come to their senses and are back at Linux?
They never left:
[quote]
A stray comment today about Windows not working on ARM machines, by
someone who thought all OLPC laptops had moved away from Linux, reminded
me to reaffirm something:
Every XO we have ever made shipped from the factory with Linux. The 2M+
XOs running Linux is one of the largest deployments of Linux in the
classroom anywhere in the world, and the largest in primary schools.
A few thousand dual-booted into Windows [XP] as well, either at the time
they shipped or after being reflashed – after a Microsoft team modded a
version of XP for the XO, and our firmware made dual-booting possible.
That was an impressive bit of coding and optimization, and Uruguay in
particular was interested in dual-boot machines, testing them in
classrooms on XO-1′s, but decided not to continue those tests. The only
other machines that ever made use of the dual build were part of
programs sponsored by Microsoft. In all, under 7,000 XOs have ever run
Windows natively, 5,000 in Uruguay. That is less than 0.3% of all
laptops we have ever produced.
[/quote]
http://blog.laptop.org/2011/09/01/every-xo-runs-linux/
--
K. | "You see? You cannot kill me. There is no flesh
http://slated.org | and blood within this cloak to kill. There is
Fedora 8 (Werewolf) on šky | only an idea. And ideas are bulletproof."
kernel 2.6.31.5, up 93 days | ~ V for Vendetta.
> On 05/09/2012 05:40 PM, Foster wrote:
>>
>> It's just too bad that the Open Source loonies made a mess of it.
>
> Actually MS derailed it and almost destroyed it.
It was a team effort between Microsoft and their fellow racketeers,
>>
>> It's just too bad that the Open Source loonies made a mess of it.
>
> Actually MS derailed it and almost destroyed it.
Intel.
http://olpc.tv/2007/05/21/60-minutes
Pay particular attention to the segments at 09:40 and 11:17. Apparently
Craig Barrett, former Chairman and CEO of Intel, believes a /charity/ is
"competition", in a "market" that neither Intel nor Microsoft ever even
considered as such, unsurprisingly given that it's the *Third World*,
until /after/ a /charity/ started distributing AMD/Linux machines to
impoverished kids.
[quote]
Intel has already sabotaged the OLPC market by contracting hundreds of
thousands Classmate units in countries as Nigeria, Libya and Pakistan -
the original markets for Negroponte's laptops. Moreover, Bill Gates
announced that Microsoft would give a discounted $3 package, including
Windows, Microsoft XP student edition and other educational software,
which also was meant to sabotage Negroponte's XO laptop.
It was meant to be the other way around: industry giants should have
been shaking hands and work together for the benefit of hundreds of
millions of children - their possible future targeted market. Instead,
they have made out of poverty another battlefield in search for profit.
As for the children, the future of Negroponte's laptop is still
uncertain. We will witness next year the finality of this charity
project.
[/quote]
http://news.softpedia.com/news/One-Laptop-Per-Child-Sabotaged-by-Microsoft-and-Intel-71941.shtml
Pure, unadulterated evil.
> Have they come to their senses and are back at Linux?
[quote]
A stray comment today about Windows not working on ARM machines, by
someone who thought all OLPC laptops had moved away from Linux, reminded
me to reaffirm something:
Every XO we have ever made shipped from the factory with Linux. The 2M+
XOs running Linux is one of the largest deployments of Linux in the
classroom anywhere in the world, and the largest in primary schools.
A few thousand dual-booted into Windows [XP] as well, either at the time
they shipped or after being reflashed – after a Microsoft team modded a
version of XP for the XO, and our firmware made dual-booting possible.
That was an impressive bit of coding and optimization, and Uruguay in
particular was interested in dual-boot machines, testing them in
classrooms on XO-1′s, but decided not to continue those tests. The only
other machines that ever made use of the dual build were part of
programs sponsored by Microsoft. In all, under 7,000 XOs have ever run
Windows natively, 5,000 in Uruguay. That is less than 0.3% of all
laptops we have ever produced.
[/quote]
http://blog.laptop.org/2011/09/01/every-xo-runs-linux/
--
K. | "You see? You cannot kill me. There is no flesh
http://slated.org | and blood within this cloak to kill. There is
Fedora 8 (Werewolf) on šky | only an idea. And ideas are bulletproof."
Foster
May 10, 2012, 9:23:11 PM5/10/12
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On Fri, 11 May 2012 02:12:46 +0100, Homer wrote:
> Verily I say unto thee that Kari Laine spake thusly:
>> On 05/09/2012 05:40 PM, Foster wrote:
>>>
>>> It's just too bad that the Open Source loonies made a mess of it.
>>
>> Actually MS derailed it and almost destroyed it.
>
> It was a team effort between Microsoft and their fellow racketeers,
> Intel.
You leave out the inept administration done by the FOSS freaks who
> Verily I say unto thee that Kari Laine spake thusly:
>> On 05/09/2012 05:40 PM, Foster wrote:
>>>
>>> It's just too bad that the Open Source loonies made a mess of it.
>>
>> Actually MS derailed it and almost destroyed it.
>
> It was a team effort between Microsoft and their fellow racketeers,
> Intel.
were so inept they couldn't keep the project on track.
It's easy to blame the competition.
That's the FOSS Linux way.
Snit
May 11, 2012, 12:39:36 AM5/11/12
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On 5/10/12 6:12 PM, in article el5u79-...@sky.matrix, "Homer"
LOL!
--
cc: proving he is technologically incompetent
-----
Snit, what's my private IP address
-----
<use...@slated.org> wrote:
> Verily I say unto thee that Kari Laine spake thusly:
>> On 05/09/2012 05:40 PM, Foster wrote:
>>>
>>> It's just too bad that the Open Source loonies made a mess of it.
>>
>> Actually MS derailed it and almost destroyed it.
>
> It was a team effort between Microsoft and their fellow racketeers,
> Intel.
BEWARE THE BOOGIEMAN!
> Verily I say unto thee that Kari Laine spake thusly:
>> On 05/09/2012 05:40 PM, Foster wrote:
>>>
>>> It's just too bad that the Open Source loonies made a mess of it.
>>
>> Actually MS derailed it and almost destroyed it.
>
> It was a team effort between Microsoft and their fellow racketeers,
> Intel.
LOL!
--
cc: proving he is technologically incompetent
-----
Snit, what's my private IP address
-----
Chris Ahlstrom
May 11, 2012, 6:19:35 AM5/11/12
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After swilling some grog, Homer belched this bit o' wisdom:
Let's reiterate what Flounder had to say about it:
>> On 05/09/2012 05:40 PM, Foster wrote:
>>>
>>> It's just too bad that the Open Source loonies made a mess of it.
We know who the real loony is, don't we?
> http://blog.laptop.org/2011/09/01/every-xo-runs-linux/
Another loony:
--
They are giving each other a reach around because despite running
machines they scavenged from a dumpster diving session they get a woody
when thinking of something like WOPR from War Games running Linux and
sitting there in a really big cellar saying in a high pitched synth
voice "Greeting Wintrolls Lie - Would you lie to play a game?".
It's all very sad.
-- "Hadron" http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/browse_thread/thread/f28f560b5f21db68?hl=en
>> On 05/09/2012 05:40 PM, Foster wrote:
>>>
>>> It's just too bad that the Open Source loonies made a mess of it.
> http://blog.laptop.org/2011/09/01/every-xo-runs-linux/
Another loony:
--
They are giving each other a reach around because despite running
machines they scavenged from a dumpster diving session they get a woody
when thinking of something like WOPR from War Games running Linux and
sitting there in a really big cellar saying in a high pitched synth
voice "Greeting Wintrolls Lie - Would you lie to play a game?".
It's all very sad.
-- "Hadron" http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/browse_thread/thread/f28f560b5f21db68?hl=en
Foster
May 11, 2012, 10:40:37 AM5/11/12
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Ahlstrom.
You've once again made an ass of yourself, Chris Ahlstrom.
And please be man enough to reply directly to me instead of hiding
behind other herd member's posts.
The entire project reeks from the stench of incompetence of the
Linux / FOSS losers.
And there are plenty more articles like this one:
http://tinyurl.com/d3t5ymt
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2011/11/the-sods-must-be-crazy-olpc-to-drop-tablets-from-helicopters-to-isolated-villages/
"Although the ambitious project sold several million laptops, it
fell far short of its lofty goals and has been on life support for
the past few years. In addition to fundamental logistical and
technical failures, OLPC also suffered from internal friction,
ideological conflicts, and poor management. OLPC was forced to
downsize half its staff and discontinue its software platform in
2009 (a separate organization called Sugar Labs was founded to pick
up where OLPC left off on the software) after its second
give-one-get-one fundraiser fell through the floor.
After the staff cuts, OLPC dropped its plan to produce a
dual-touchscreen laptop and instead decided to focus on tablets. The
organization showed off glossy concept art of an impossibly thin
XO-3 tablet at the end of 2009. Last year, it announced a
partnership with hardware component maker Marvell. OLPC
pragmatically chose to adopt Marvell’s off-the-shelf reference
design instead of trying to pursue the unrealistic form factor that
was shown in the original XO-3 mockups.
The tablets that Negroponte intends to fling from helicopters are
based on that Marvell design, but with a few enhancements, such as
solar powered batteries that will allow them to be used in regions
without access to electricity. It’s not clear yet if the
organization was able to successfully meet its target $75 production
price."
GreyCloud
May 11, 2012, 3:02:02 PM5/11/12
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Kari Laine
May 12, 2012, 5:44:49 AM5/12/12
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On 05/11/2012 07:39 AM, Snit wrote:
> On 5/10/12 6:12 PM, in article el5u79-...@sky.matrix, "Homer"
> <use...@slated.org> wrote:
>
>> Verily I say unto thee that Kari Laine spake thusly:
>>> On 05/09/2012 05:40 PM, Foster wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It's just too bad that the Open Source loonies made a mess of it.
>>>
>>> Actually MS derailed it and almost destroyed it.
>>
>> It was a team effort between Microsoft and their fellow racketeers,
>> Intel.
>
> BEWARE THE BOOGIEMAN!
>
> LOL!
>
>
Well don't you understand business at all? Ah well you must because you
> On 5/10/12 6:12 PM, in article el5u79-...@sky.matrix, "Homer"
> <use...@slated.org> wrote:
>
>> Verily I say unto thee that Kari Laine spake thusly:
>>> On 05/09/2012 05:40 PM, Foster wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It's just too bad that the Open Source loonies made a mess of it.
>>>
>>> Actually MS derailed it and almost destroyed it.
>>
>> It was a team effort between Microsoft and their fellow racketeers,
>> Intel.
>
> BEWARE THE BOOGIEMAN!
>
> LOL!
>
>
run your successful IT-consulting or something :-)
Anyway big part of the capitalistic system concerning competition is to
know what your enemy is doing and planning. And then find ways to
torpedo the competition. Like many CEOs like it is WAR.
Kari
Chris Ahlstrom
May 12, 2012, 7:06:44 AM5/12/12
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After swilling some grog, Kari Laine belched this bit o' wisdom:
> On 05/11/2012 07:39 AM, Snit wrote:
>> On 5/10/12 6:12 PM, in article el5u79-...@sky.matrix, "Homer"
>> <use...@slated.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Verily I say unto thee that Kari Laine spake thusly:
>>>> On 05/09/2012 05:40 PM, Foster wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> It's just too bad that the Open Source loonies made a mess of it.
>>>>
>>>> Actually MS derailed it and almost destroyed it.
>>>
>>> It was a team effort between Microsoft and their fellow racketeers,
>>> Intel.
>>
>> BEWARE THE BOOGIEMAN!
>>
>> LOL!
Did you ever notice how Snit makes fun of Homer's statement (buttressed
by evidence) while he let's Flounder's nonsense go without comment?
> Well don't you understand business at all? Ah well you must because you
> run your successful IT-consulting or something :-)
>
> Anyway big part of the capitalistic system concerning competition is to
> know what your enemy is doing and planning. And then find ways to
> torpedo the competition. Like many CEOs like it is WAR.
The irony with OLPC was that they were/are not really competition to
Intel/Microsoft.
--
I've said some stupid things and some wrong things, but not that. No one
involved in computers would ever say that a certain amount of memory is
enough for all time … I keep bumping into that silly quotation attributed to
me that says 640K of memory is enough. There's never a citation; the
quotation just floats like a rumor, repeated again and again.
-- Bill Gates, "Career Opportunities in Computing—and More".
Bloomberg Business News (19 January 1996)
> On 05/11/2012 07:39 AM, Snit wrote:
>> On 5/10/12 6:12 PM, in article el5u79-...@sky.matrix, "Homer"
>> <use...@slated.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Verily I say unto thee that Kari Laine spake thusly:
>>>> On 05/09/2012 05:40 PM, Foster wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> It's just too bad that the Open Source loonies made a mess of it.
>>>>
>>>> Actually MS derailed it and almost destroyed it.
>>>
>>> It was a team effort between Microsoft and their fellow racketeers,
>>> Intel.
>>
>> BEWARE THE BOOGIEMAN!
>>
>> LOL!
by evidence) while he let's Flounder's nonsense go without comment?
> Well don't you understand business at all? Ah well you must because you
> run your successful IT-consulting or something :-)
>
> Anyway big part of the capitalistic system concerning competition is to
> know what your enemy is doing and planning. And then find ways to
> torpedo the competition. Like many CEOs like it is WAR.
Intel/Microsoft.
--
I've said some stupid things and some wrong things, but not that. No one
involved in computers would ever say that a certain amount of memory is
enough for all time … I keep bumping into that silly quotation attributed to
me that says 640K of memory is enough. There's never a citation; the
quotation just floats like a rumor, repeated again and again.
-- Bill Gates, "Career Opportunities in Computing—and More".
Bloomberg Business News (19 January 1996)
Foster
May 12, 2012, 8:20:20 AM5/12/12
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On Sat, 12 May 2012 07:06:44 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> After swilling some grog, Kari Laine belched this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> On 05/11/2012 07:39 AM, Snit wrote:
>>> On 5/10/12 6:12 PM, in article el5u79-...@sky.matrix, "Homer"
>>> <use...@slated.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Verily I say unto thee that Kari Laine spake thusly:
>>>>> On 05/09/2012 05:40 PM, Foster wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's just too bad that the Open Source loonies made a mess of it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually MS derailed it and almost destroyed it.
>>>>
>>>> It was a team effort between Microsoft and their fellow racketeers,
>>>> Intel.
>>>
>>> BEWARE THE BOOGIEMAN!
>>>
>>> LOL!
>
> Did you ever notice how Snit makes fun of Homer's statement (buttressed
> by evidence) while he let's Flounder's nonsense go without comment?
What nonsense?
> After swilling some grog, Kari Laine belched this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> On 05/11/2012 07:39 AM, Snit wrote:
>>> On 5/10/12 6:12 PM, in article el5u79-...@sky.matrix, "Homer"
>>> <use...@slated.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Verily I say unto thee that Kari Laine spake thusly:
>>>>> On 05/09/2012 05:40 PM, Foster wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's just too bad that the Open Source loonies made a mess of it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually MS derailed it and almost destroyed it.
>>>>
>>>> It was a team effort between Microsoft and their fellow racketeers,
>>>> Intel.
>>>
>>> BEWARE THE BOOGIEMAN!
>>>
>>> LOL!
>
> Did you ever notice how Snit makes fun of Homer's statement (buttressed
> by evidence) while he let's Flounder's nonsense go without comment?
You mean like where you called me an idiot for claiming the OLPC
project was riddled with the incompetency of the FOSS folks running
it?
Oh yea, I posted an article making the very same claims and there
are plenty more.
You live in some kind of fantasy world Ahlstrom.
>> Well don't you understand business at all? Ah well you must because you
>> run your successful IT-consulting or something :-)
>>
>> Anyway big part of the capitalistic system concerning competition is to
>> know what your enemy is doing and planning. And then find ways to
>> torpedo the competition. Like many CEOs like it is WAR.
>
> The irony with OLPC was that they were/are not really competition to
> Intel/Microsoft.
incompetents running it.
Of course you'll never admit that and will instead run away and hide
like you usually do, Chris Ahlstrom.
Homer
May 12, 2012, 3:23:57 PM5/12/12
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Snit drooled:
[quote]
Intel’s business practices have been under scrutiny for years. The chip
giant has been fined or sued in several countries over the past several
years for allegedly using its dominance in the x86 processor market to
coerce OEMs, including Dell and Hewlett-Packard, to limit their use of
AMD products. Dell was the last of the top-tier systems makers to use
AMD processors.
The Federal Trade Commission also announced it will review a proposed
settlement of a suit against Intel over the next two weeks (following an
agreed pause in proceedings). Intel also is being sued by the New York
Attorney General’s Office and graphics chip maker Nvidia. The NY
Attorney General’s Office has focused much of its attention on the
relationship between Intel and Dell.
Intel was fined $1.45 billion in 2009 (£945 million) by the European
Commission and paid AMD $1.25 billion ((3850 m) in the same year as part
of a settlement of legal disputes between those two companies.
[/quote]
http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/dell-pays-65million-to-settle-intel-bribe-probe-8577
--
K. | "You see? You cannot kill me. There is no flesh
http://slated.org | and blood within this cloak to kill. There is
Fedora 8 (Werewolf) on šky | only an idea. And ideas are bulletproof."
kernel 2.6.31.5, up 95 days | ~ V for Vendetta.
> On 5/10/12 6:12 PM, in article el5u79-...@sky.matrix, "Homer"
> <use...@slated.org> wrote:
>> Verily I say unto thee that Kari Laine spake thusly:
>>> On 05/09/2012 05:40 PM, Foster wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It's just too bad that the Open Source loonies made a mess of it.
>>>
>>> Actually MS derailed it and almost destroyed it.
>>
>> It was a team effort between Microsoft and their fellow racketeers,
>> Intel.
>
> BEWARE THE BOOGIEMAN!
>
> LOL!
Idiot.
> <use...@slated.org> wrote:
>> Verily I say unto thee that Kari Laine spake thusly:
>>> On 05/09/2012 05:40 PM, Foster wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It's just too bad that the Open Source loonies made a mess of it.
>>>
>>> Actually MS derailed it and almost destroyed it.
>>
>> It was a team effort between Microsoft and their fellow racketeers,
>> Intel.
>
> BEWARE THE BOOGIEMAN!
>
> LOL!
[quote]
Intel’s business practices have been under scrutiny for years. The chip
giant has been fined or sued in several countries over the past several
years for allegedly using its dominance in the x86 processor market to
coerce OEMs, including Dell and Hewlett-Packard, to limit their use of
AMD products. Dell was the last of the top-tier systems makers to use
AMD processors.
The Federal Trade Commission also announced it will review a proposed
settlement of a suit against Intel over the next two weeks (following an
agreed pause in proceedings). Intel also is being sued by the New York
Attorney General’s Office and graphics chip maker Nvidia. The NY
Attorney General’s Office has focused much of its attention on the
relationship between Intel and Dell.
Intel was fined $1.45 billion in 2009 (£945 million) by the European
Commission and paid AMD $1.25 billion ((3850 m) in the same year as part
of a settlement of legal disputes between those two companies.
[/quote]
http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/dell-pays-65million-to-settle-intel-bribe-probe-8577
--
K. | "You see? You cannot kill me. There is no flesh
http://slated.org | and blood within this cloak to kill. There is
Fedora 8 (Werewolf) on šky | only an idea. And ideas are bulletproof."
Snit
May 12, 2012, 3:45:34 PM5/12/12
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On 5/12/12 12:23 PM, in article dvp289-...@sky.matrix, "Homer"
And none of the herd will call you out on this. You live in fear of your
boogie man - you see him everywhere and run from your own shadow. It is
pathetic.
But desktop Linux does poorly based on the merits of its own user
experience... *not* because of any boogieman controlling the world.
This is something you will deny as long as Stallman and your herd tell you
it is the truth.
And below you do not even mention Microsoft... as if MS cares if you run
their products on Intel or AMD processors.
🙈🙉🙊
<use...@slated.org> wrote:
> Snit drooled:
>> On 5/10/12 6:12 PM, in article el5u79-...@sky.matrix, "Homer"
>> <use...@slated.org> wrote:
>>> Verily I say unto thee that Kari Laine spake thusly:
>>>> On 05/09/2012 05:40 PM, Foster wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> It's just too bad that the Open Source loonies made a mess of it.
>>>>
>>>> Actually MS derailed it and almost destroyed it.
>>>
>>> It was a team effort between Microsoft and their fellow racketeers,
>>> Intel.
>>
>> BEWARE THE BOOGIEMAN!
>>
>> LOL!
>
> Idiot.
See: you have no honest and reasoned response - so you call people names.
> Snit drooled:
>> On 5/10/12 6:12 PM, in article el5u79-...@sky.matrix, "Homer"
>> <use...@slated.org> wrote:
>>> Verily I say unto thee that Kari Laine spake thusly:
>>>> On 05/09/2012 05:40 PM, Foster wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> It's just too bad that the Open Source loonies made a mess of it.
>>>>
>>>> Actually MS derailed it and almost destroyed it.
>>>
>>> It was a team effort between Microsoft and their fellow racketeers,
>>> Intel.
>>
>> BEWARE THE BOOGIEMAN!
>>
>> LOL!
>
> Idiot.
And none of the herd will call you out on this. You live in fear of your
boogie man - you see him everywhere and run from your own shadow. It is
pathetic.
But desktop Linux does poorly based on the merits of its own user
experience... *not* because of any boogieman controlling the world.
This is something you will deny as long as Stallman and your herd tell you
it is the truth.
And below you do not even mention Microsoft... as if MS cares if you run
their products on Intel or AMD processors.
GreyCloud
May 12, 2012, 3:45:39 PM5/12/12
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On 5/12/2012 5:06 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> After swilling some grog, Kari Laine belched this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> On 05/11/2012 07:39 AM, Snit wrote:
>>> On 5/10/12 6:12 PM, in article el5u79-...@sky.matrix, "Homer"
>>> <use...@slated.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Verily I say unto thee that Kari Laine spake thusly:
>>>>> On 05/09/2012 05:40 PM, Foster wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's just too bad that the Open Source loonies made a mess of it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually MS derailed it and almost destroyed it.
>>>>
>>>> It was a team effort between Microsoft and their fellow racketeers,
>>>> Intel.
>>>
>>> BEWARE THE BOOGIEMAN!
>>>
>>> LOL!
>
> Did you ever notice how Snit makes fun of Homer's statement (buttressed
> by evidence) while he let's Flounder's nonsense go without comment?
>
Gee, and you don't do that?
> After swilling some grog, Kari Laine belched this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> On 05/11/2012 07:39 AM, Snit wrote:
>>> On 5/10/12 6:12 PM, in article el5u79-...@sky.matrix, "Homer"
>>> <use...@slated.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Verily I say unto thee that Kari Laine spake thusly:
>>>>> On 05/09/2012 05:40 PM, Foster wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's just too bad that the Open Source loonies made a mess of it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually MS derailed it and almost destroyed it.
>>>>
>>>> It was a team effort between Microsoft and their fellow racketeers,
>>>> Intel.
>>>
>>> BEWARE THE BOOGIEMAN!
>>>
>>> LOL!
>
> Did you ever notice how Snit makes fun of Homer's statement (buttressed
> by evidence) while he let's Flounder's nonsense go without comment?
>
Guffaw!!!
GreyCloud
May 12, 2012, 3:47:05 PM5/12/12
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But these guys are in a different league... the Greedy. A difference
between a monopoly and true free markets.
Snit
May 12, 2012, 4:34:56 PM5/12/12
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On 5/12/12 12:45 PM, in article
PaWdnd9uoqxxIDPS...@bresnan.com, "GreyCloud" <mi...@cumulus.com>
wrote:
Homer gave no evidence MS cares if you run Windows on AMD or Intel.
None.
--
🙈🙉🙊
PaWdnd9uoqxxIDPS...@bresnan.com, "GreyCloud" <mi...@cumulus.com>
wrote:
None.
--
🙈🙉🙊
chrisv
May 16, 2012, 8:48:23 AM5/16/12
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Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>> [quote]
>> Intel has already sabotaged the OLPC market by contracting hundreds of
>> thousands Classmate units in countries as Nigeria, Libya and Pakistan -
>> the original markets for Negroponte's laptops. Moreover, Bill Gates
>> announced that Microsoft would give a discounted $3 package, including
>> Windows, Microsoft XP student edition and other educational software,
>> which also was meant to sabotage Negroponte's XO laptop.
>>
>> It was meant to be the other way around: industry giants should have
>> been shaking hands and work together for the benefit of hundreds of
>> millions of children - their possible future targeted market. Instead,
>> they have made out of poverty another battlefield in search for profit.
>> As for the children, the future of Negroponte's laptop is still
>> uncertain. We will witness next year the finality of this charity
>> project.
>> [/quote]
>>
>> http://news.softpedia.com/news/One-Laptop-Per-Child-Sabotaged-by-Microsoft-and-Intel-71941.shtml
>
>Let's reiterate what Flounder had to say about it:
>
>>> On 05/09/2012 05:40 PM, Foster wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It's just too bad that the Open Source loonies made a mess of it.
"Ezekiel" likes him, though.
>> [quote]
>> Intel has already sabotaged the OLPC market by contracting hundreds of
>> thousands Classmate units in countries as Nigeria, Libya and Pakistan -
>> the original markets for Negroponte's laptops. Moreover, Bill Gates
>> announced that Microsoft would give a discounted $3 package, including
>> Windows, Microsoft XP student edition and other educational software,
>> which also was meant to sabotage Negroponte's XO laptop.
>>
>> It was meant to be the other way around: industry giants should have
>> been shaking hands and work together for the benefit of hundreds of
>> millions of children - their possible future targeted market. Instead,
>> they have made out of poverty another battlefield in search for profit.
>> As for the children, the future of Negroponte's laptop is still
>> uncertain. We will witness next year the finality of this charity
>> project.
>> [/quote]
>>
>> http://news.softpedia.com/news/One-Laptop-Per-Child-Sabotaged-by-Microsoft-and-Intel-71941.shtml
>
>Let's reiterate what Flounder had to say about it:
>
>>> On 05/09/2012 05:40 PM, Foster wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It's just too bad that the Open Source loonies made a mess of it.
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