__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Sunday 29 April 2007 22:16 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, OK
> <otto@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:09:00 +0200
> <spu93356utpmsush178eo01hlo7lu8bjhb@xxxxxxx>:
>> On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 07:40:00 -0700, John Locke
>> <johnlocke98513@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:31:40 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
>>><newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>One Laptop Per Child - Production Delays Caused By Microsoft, Intel?
>>>>
>>>>| I sincerely hope that no matter what the people who are running the
>>>>| OLPC project decide, that their project will continue and not get
>>>>| bogged down in a play of corporate greed and ambitions.
>>>
>>>The laptops don't run Microshaft code...
>>
>> It appears that you are outdated.
>>
>>>they're gonna play dirty...as
>>>long as they still have money in the bank to throw around.
>
> Indeed.
>
> http://slashdot.org/articles/07/04/19/1553219.shtml
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6571139.stm
>
> "This is not a philanthropic effort, this is a business," Orlando
> Ayala of Microsoft told the Reuter's news agency.
>
> And it should be.
>
> Also,
>
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=379
>
> indicates that the laptop will be able to run Windows.
> That will probably quietly transmute to the laptop being
> *required* to run Windows, at least initially, much like
> many higher-priced laptops, desktops, and notebooks are
> today. After all, that's where the money is. (Presently.)
>
> (Remember that Niger is not all that noted for being
> scrupulous. It's a pity.)
>
> Is this a good thing? Certainly. Schoolchildren will
> have the benefit of using laptops with software on top of
> Microsoft Windows. The software on top is what's useful
> and visible.
As I understand it, this is more of an /option/, for US school, which gives a
boost to the project as a whole.
Why Microsoft Code Shouldn't be on the OLPC XO
,----[ Quote ]
| With Microsoft on the other hand you have a single company working
| on adapting software that was never meant to run such a specialized
| device. By its very nature a solution aimed a traditional PC can
| never be as flexible as a custom piece of software. Even in terms
| of application software such as Office 200x I dare say that it's
| nearly impossible to make it work on a system such as the X0.
`----
http://www.olpcnews.com/software/operating_system/microsoft_code_olpc_xo.html
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