____/ Matt on Friday 07 December 2007 01:02 : \____
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071206/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_olpc
> http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/tech/2007/dec/06/120609144.html
>
>> Today: December 06, 2007 at 13:30:8 PST
>>
>> Microsoft to Test Windows on XO
>>
>> SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. will begin testing a version of Windows XP in
>> January on the "$100 laptop" from One Laptop Per Child.
>>
>> It has taken nearly a year of engineering to get the bulky operating system
>> to run on the low-cost XO computer, Microsoft said. The XO uses flash memory
>> instead of a hard drive and offers less storage space than most mainstream
>> PCs.
"It is important to note that this initiative focuses on Microsoft's Windows
XP, rather than Microsoft's latest OS, Windows Vista. For companies like
Asus, Linux appears to be a more future-proof option and is much easier to
modify to fit within the constraints of devices with low hardware overhead."
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071205-microsoft-feeling-heat-from-linux-in-budget-flash-pc-market.html
"Do the math. Vista doesn't work for today's laptop market. XP and Linux do.
It's really that simple."
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2222308,00.asp
"Then Microsoft corrupted Nigerian officials with 400 thousand dollars to
install Windows XP on those instead of Mandriva Linux."
http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14124
"If they really believed that Windows was superior to Linux, they wouldn't
have to bribe people with “marketing help” to get them to choose Windows."
http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2007-11-09-030-26-OP-MD-MS
"Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates earlier this year told the Microsoft Government
Leaders Forum, "Geez, get a decent computer where you can actually read the
text and you're not sitting there cranking the thing while you're trying to
type" (see Bill Gates Mocks $100 Laptop)."
http://www.redherring.com/article.aspx?a=17302
"For-profit companies threatened by the projected $100 price tag set off at a
sprint to develop their own dirt-cheap machines, plunging Negroponte into
unexpected competition against well-known brands such as Intel and
Microsoft's Windows operating system. (Microsoft owns and publishes MSN
Money.)"
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/Wny$100LaptopProjectIsUnderSiege.aspx?GT1=10718
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