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by kqr2 5994 days ago
RMS had actually switched to an OLPC XO laptop but then dropped it:

http://www.bostonreview.net/BR33.6/stallman.php

Does anyone know of a US distributor for the Yeeloong netbook?

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+1, that is an interesting article. I read he dropped the OLPC because it allowed running Windows on it. He expects the OLPC to turn millions of children into Windows users, and compares Windows to an addictive drug, and Microsoft to a drugs dealer supplying kids with a cheap first 'fix'. Also, Windows will not run on his Lemote laptop.
I will personally buy a Yeelong netbook and install Windows on it just so RMS has no computer to use at all if that's how he swings.