Verily I say unto thee, that Linuxiac spake thusly:
> Microsoft thries to put their bloated Vista on the OLPC laptops, and of
> course it won't run as is built, and when stripped down to run on those
> meager resources, it will be the laughingstock of the third world!
Actually, it is currently XP-lite (a.k.a. Starter Edition) that they are
peddling to the Third World, although they've yet to explain what the
ramifications will be for these victims after XP's EOL in January 2008.
Presumably Microsoft will send them a hot steaming mug of "tough shit",
and suggest they buy a new laptop from Intel with Vista installed.
> Ah well...
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K.
http://slated.org
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| I found [Vista] to be a dangerously unstable operating system,
| which has caused me to lose data ... unfortunately this product
| is unfit for any user. - [H]ardOCP, <http://tinyurl.com/3bpfs2>
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06:33:35 up 13 days, 4:05, 5 users, load average: 1.62, 0.84, 0.50
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