Stallman: Can we rescue OLPC from Windows?

Stallman: Can we rescue OLPC from Windows?

I agree with Stallman about the future of the OLPC and hope it will continue to be a free software platform.

But now to the funny part of this articel:

"[..] during a week of preparing, under a deadline, to migrate personally to an XO. [..] I am typing these words on the XO.

I find it quite funny that RMS now uses the OLPC as his main computer/notebook.

The OLPC looks that much like a toy that i can't refrain from laughing when imagine RMS in front of a OLPC with a black screen and only emacs is running.

I just got back from a talk by Stallman (in Cambridge UK on copyright and sharing).

I didn't glance at the screen to see whether he did just have emacs running, but he doesn't
use the 
OLPC keyboard - he has a USB keyboard he plugs in to it. It wasn't a full sized keyboard - it
was 
maybe 20-30% wider than the OLPC (but fitted well on top of the keyboard [which I assume is 
disabled]). It looked like some kind of funky keyboard, like one with a different key layout
or 
something (it had no numeric pad).

It is probably based on the older LISP keyboards. The MIT hackers prefered a different layout
with META and other keys on it in particular places.

In stories I've read about RMS in the past it's apparent that he has chfronic RSI or RSI-like
problems with his hands and his wrists.  He has stated that  having a comfortable keyboard has
helped tremendously.. that typically the keyboards that he used in the past were much to stiff
for him. 

So doubtlessly he finds the OLPC keyboard to be difficult to use as well.