On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Craig Wiggins <<a href="mailto:craigwiggins@gmail.com">craigwiggins@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div>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. </div> <div> </div> <div>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.</div> </blockquote></div><br>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.<br clear="all"> <br>-- <br>Mackenzie Morgan<br>Linux User #432169<br>ACM Member #3445683<br><a href="http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com">http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com</a> <-my blog of Ubuntu stuff<br>apt-get moo