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Re: OLPC Moves to ARM. Farewell, Windows XP?


After takin' a swig o' grog, Tim Smith belched out
  this bit o' wisdom:

> In article <en2r86-lt2.ln1@xxxxxxxxxx>, Homer <usenet@xxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
>> To put this into context, so even an immoral prick like you can
>> understand, what Microsoft and Intel conspired to do to the OLPC
>> charity, would be comparable to Wal-Mart sabotaging Oxfam so they could
>> sell rice at a loss to starving Africans, for no better reason than to
>> gain "market share".
>
> Nonsense.  If you want to make that an accurate analogy, you'd have to 
> replace Oxfam with a charity that was shipping ham sandwiches to 
> starving Muslim Africans (really cool ham sandwiches, with organically 
> farmed ham, on artisan bread), and Wal-Mart with someone shipping them 
> slightly more expensive food that complies with Islam's dietary laws.

Idiot.

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