Nicholas Negroponte is at it again, giving an interview in Singapore and discussing the major failings of the OLPC project. I was struck by one thing that he said:
Putting a crank-shaft on the XO laptop was a mistake, but the biggest mistake was not having Sugar run as an application “on a vanilla Linux laptop”, [...]
Archive for July, 2009
25 Jul
Is Sugar The Laptop Or The Operating System?
25 Jul
Microsoft Not So Altruistic After All
I recently wrote that Microsoft suddenly released some code to the open source community. Turns out their motives weren’t as pure as first thought:
Sometimes, some things are just too good to be true. Earlier this week, Microsoft made a relatively stunning announcement that it would contribute some 20000 lines of code to the Linux kernel, [...]
20 Jul
Microsoft Stuns Linux Community
This is absolutely stunning:
In an historic move, Microsoft Monday submitted driver source code for inclusion in the Linux kernel under a GPLv2 license.
The code consists of four drivers that are part of a technology called Linux Device Driver for Virtualization. The drivers, once added to the Linux kernel, will provide the hooks [...]
13 Jul
Common Sense: The Cure For The Common FUD
Did you know that we were attacked by North Korea last week?
To hear the media tell it, the United States suffered a major cyberattack last week. Stories were everywhere. “Cyber Blitz hits U.S., Korea” was the headline in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal. North Korea was blamed.
Where were you when North Korea attacked America? Did [...]
8 Jul
Google Chrome OS
It’s official. I will be installing it on my Dell Mini 9 net book as soon as it is available!
Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers [...]
7 Jul
Did You Know?
This is another video that I have used during presentations. It lays out the staggering speed of change when dealing with technology. This could be applied to other areas as well. Highly recommended!
7 Jul
WordPress For Blackberry
Very interesting new Blackberry application. Now I can blog from anywhere! You can find out info on how to download this app here.
