After takin' a swig o' grog, Homer belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
> Verily I say unto thee, that Chris Ahlstrom spake thusly:
>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Tim Smith belched out this bit o'
>> wisdom:
>
>>> So designing a better children's computer, based on extensive field
>>> research in third world classrooms to find out what the teachers
>>> actually need, ...
>>
>> Microsoft: "They need Windows."
>>
>>> is sabotage?
>
> Yes it is, because until Negropronte introduced the OLPC programme,
> neither Microsoft nor Intel had any Interest in the third-world, and
> only gained interest out of malice and greed, because they'd rather
> "compete" with a charity than lose mindshare to their rivals, even if
> that "loss" is to charity *aid* - aid which nobody with any moral fibre
> would ever think of in terms of being a "market".
>
> To put this into context, so even an immoral prick like you can
Hey, Homer! I'm not immoral! :-D
> 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".
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