And so I picked on Robert’s gem and blogged about some days ago. Now I went back to check the follow up on the comments discussion. There was some criticism on the kid. Shallow, selfish, full of himself, etc, were some of the accusations on the kid. To my surprise, Daniel replies to most comments and ends up revealing a whole lot of maturity and growing in my consideration.
At a certain point, somebody raises up an interesting point: if his parents apparently don’t buy him Apple products because their against their price tags, why should people donate and get the kid what his parents *chose* not to give him?? The result of this is incredible: Daniel chooses (if it were me, I’d feel “forced” to do it and, stubborn as I might *sigh* be, would not do it, or at least not this way!) to offer the donated money to charity. If this is not enough, and you’re one of the “weird” donators who don’t want to donate towards Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (the organization he chose to donate to) he offers to refund you of your donation.
I mean, I’m guessing this kid has nice guidance. The option of deliberately not giving him a Mac from his parents reveal education on their behalf. When looking at a 14-year old, we should give credit to his parents for raising him in a proper, educated and though-provoking environment. Those are sine qua non conditions for such a brighter teenager.

Should he ask his parents for a PC now? :) Maybe even install Gentoo on it and, who know, become a fan and blog/podcast about it?? (I sooo want kids to starting getting into Linux in their teens!!!)

Daniel, you should be proud of 2 things: the generation you stand for and the parents you’ve been given. (I am on mine! ;))