__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Saturday 13 January 2007 19:41 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> OLPC to reach $100 laptop mark next year
>>
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>>| Using a Linux-based OS (operating system) is one way the group can
>>| save on cost, but that was not the main reason the group chose
>>| Fedora Core 6.0, a Linux OS, according to Michail Bletsas, chief
>>| connectivity officer at OLPC and a research scientist at MIT. The
>>| open-source OS allowed the OLPC group to expand the user experience
>>| and develop programs aimed at children, such as games and other
>>| software.
>>|
>>| Bletsas also clarified that Microsoft "generously" offered a version of
>>| its Windows OS to the OLPC project, as did Apple. But the OLPC
>>| project declined, believing it had a chance to develop a new user
>>| interface. Using open-source software also allows children a
>>| greater opportunity to explore and create on their own, he said.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsid=8044
>>
>> Not even the disinformation and lobbying from Microsoft bloggers,
>> Microsoft 'analysts', and Munchkins could stop the project.
>
> I'm sure that both MS and Apple would have dearly loved to be able to
> lock-in the next generation of kids around the planet. It's a truly
> positive thing that the OLPC team understood the risks well enough to
> avoid that.
Jobs offered his DRM-ridden/infected platform free of charge. The 'kind'
offer was rejected/declined. The closed nature of iPhone (or whatever it'll
be called after the hot disptes) demostrates why this was the right
decision. Oh! And forget about eye candy with these specs (and power
comsumption barrier). It's just some BSD (Darwin) kernel, which reminds me
that de Raadt (of OpenBSD) protected against the choice of firmware for the
OLPC units.
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