[SGVLUG] Open Source products competitiveness/appeal

[John E. Kreznar]

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"Miguel Hernandez" <migtek at gmail.com> writes:

> ... I believe that you have to start with the kids at the earliest
> age.  Kids don't know the difference between open source vs.
> proprietary behemoths.  Expose them to open source early on & let
> them decide as they grow up.

This is what's SO-O important about the OLPC (One Laptop per Child)
(which runs Linux) that Christopher Smith demonstrated at a recent
meeting.

> ... I say that from personal experience of exposing kids to simple
> open source products like Edubuntu.  Countless times have I gotten
> calls from friends & they put their child on the line who's
> basically crying 'cuz they lost or broke their live cd & ask me if I
> can give 'em another.

Very impressive.  And it somewhat contradicts Chris' assertion that
OLPC will lose its "cool" under peer pressure from kids with shiny new
proprietary computers.

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 John E. Kreznar jek at ininx.com 9F1148454619A5F08550 705961A47CC541AFEF13

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