[DC LoCo] [Fwd: Re: DC computer refurbishing and open sourcesoftware...]

[Mackenzie Morgan]

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Craig Wiggins <craigwiggins at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Personally, I agree with most of your points. One of the reasons that the
> OLPC project is so exciting is that it raises the potential for a generation
> of 3rd world kids who will be versed in Linux as a powerful, flexible tool.
>
> However, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that there are people in
> this conversation other than myself who have had the unfortunate (yet
> understandable) experience of encountering pretty strong resistance to free
> software. Most people using computers are still caught between practical
> concerns ("How will I get support? Will what I make be able to be read/used
> by everyone else?") and simple fear of non-conformity.
>

Well, about what you making being able to be read by everyone else, since we
support open standards that can be freely implemented by anyone, there's a
better chance of having software that can handle it 50 years from now than
with black-box formats.  Even Microsoft Office can't keep compatibility
between versions.  Templates made in one version fall apart in each new
release.

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Mackenzie Morgan
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