Will the donor dictate the Girl Scouts discussion?
03:17, 4 March 2009
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I love the Girl Scouts of the USA, so much so that I've blogged about them before. The Girl Scouts rock.
But I'm bothered by a new Girl Scout campaign, LMK (Let M Know), an "interactive Web site for teens from Girl Scouts and Windows." Part of its pitch is: "Join us and learn how you, your friends, and your parents can take advantage of all the great things technology has to offer. "
So, since this initiative is also from Microsoft Windows, will LMK talk to girls about Apple Macintosh products, Linux, OpenOffice, NeoOffice, alternative operating systems to Windows like Ubuntu, and other non-Microsoft tools, all that will help girls "take advantage of all the great things technology has to offer"? Or does the LMK initiative assume all computer users are Windows users, and, therefore, conversations will be limited to Microsoft products?
Let's see if Girl Scouts answers (yes, I've asked them directly).
