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• He will learn how to make Bill Gates loose some market share perhaps?...
  As a person dealing with these "poor children" I can tell you that African children would LOVE to have a chance to learn how to post a msg on this site and they would LOVE to be able to tell their friend something that means nothing JUST LIKE YOU DO.
  
  I believe that if the African child is given a chance he can greatly contribute to the open source community and get a chance to some exposure. I believe that we can give these kids a chance to pull themselves out of the poverty pit.
  
  My friend, try to get out here (Africa)and see for yourself how eager these kids are to learn.
  
  Gates knows what he is doing when he is mocking this project ($100 laptop). It is threatening his empire! Btw, he will only say something if it makes economic sence at all.
  
  I believe that open source and a low-cost laptop will open a new world for these youngsters and it will contribute to the open source community BIG-TIME.
  
  Btw, I believe that open-source is THE-WAY forward for Africa anyway. You can not even buy a honest copy of win or office, even if you do have the money for it (which few have). It's all pitated. Even the copy that you get with your new computer is pirated. Therefore the only dignified way forward for Africa is open source.
  
  As for me(Founder and pioneer of a project helping Orphans in Uganda, having setup a children's village with a primary & Secondary school), I see Bill Gate his comments towards this great initiative as a token of importance of this very project. When he tries to discredit it, it means it has GREAT potential.
  
  I would like to praise the pioneers of this project. They have started something that will give them a great opposition of all who are threatened by it.

  March 18, 2006

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• To the makers of the worms ats all a game, they are not about to give up...
  the more complex the OS, the more ways to intrude
  
  It's like the law-makers. Due to thieves we make laws that make it easyer to punish them etc. Yet these laws make life extremely difficult and expensive for the average person. And thieves continue business as usual ;-)
  
  Look at 9-11, air travel has never been so troublesome, yet Osama and all the terrorism just continue (in fact, its even worse now)
  
  With every attempt to patch the holes and create security updates, the makers of viruses and worms are given a new challenge to break this one again. It's like a computer game to them.
  
  No, viruses are part of our life and we will never see computer life without it anymore. We have challenged the jokers who make them and they have responded. They are addicted to it now. It's their most challenging computergame now.
  
  Just like the terorists, they need no reason. It's a sports by itsself now.
  
  Its the "punk" revelotion all over. Defy law and order. Stand up agains all that calls itsself civil.
  
  Funny though, all the security attacks are aimed at Windows. Not Linux... Not Mac...
  
  Could it be that Windows stands for the "establishment" that the "punkers" are aiming at...?

  March 17, 2006

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• Thank you!
  Precisely!
  
  Why would I spend more money to buy a linux box in stead of buying a cheap pe-installed-windowze box?
  Obviousely this is pure non-sence!
  Mr Future Guy should think a little. Have you seen the talk-back and oposition on that "Desktop Linux a vehicle for pirating Windows" article?

  November 12, 2005

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• Bad news for SuSe users
  No one knows exactly what drives a co-founder to leave his baby behind and move elsewhere but I can tell you out of personal experiance that this is not an easy move! One wonders what the motive was for Novell to takeover Suse.
  
  Being a SuSe-Linux user myself, this does make one a little worried. What will the future of our distro be? It used to be known for being an easy-to-use and stable disto, but where is it going?
  Maybe it's time to change to the mainstream and join the red-hat users group...

  November 11, 2005

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• What planet are you from?
  What on earth is the relevance to the story?

  November 11, 2005

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• long overdue
  I welcome this initiative!
  It will open the door to a document sharing while not having to worry about the readability at the recipients side.
  
  This can not have anything to do with a move against MicroSoft, but have you noticed the response of MicroSoft?! It is exactly that sort of attitude that is the problem. Let there be an open standard for sure!
  
  And then; have you noticed how nice and compact an OpenDocument is? Take a MsWord Document, convert it to OpenDocument and see the difference!
  
  Anyway, the converiance of having a shared standard, a document that you are sure to be able to open on all applications should be welcomed by all and is long overdue.

  November 11, 2005

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