__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Monday 05 March 2007 21:08 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Aunty Diluvian
> <AuntyDiluvian@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:12:29 -0500
> <a6uou2l5a551grg1mrib1m2e354taqdag4@xxxxxxx>:
>> On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:27:02 +0000, Roy Schestowitz
>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>OLPC project distributes second round of beta units
>>>
>>>,----[ Quote ]
>>>| According to the release notes, the final release version of OLPC's XO
>>>| laptop will be faster and more durable than the BTest-2 units and will
>>>| include several additional features.
>>>`----
>>
>>
>> When will they be delivered.
>> When will these ghost machines be in the hands
>> of those that were supposed to get them?
>>
>> I know you can't give an exact date so please just try
>> to pinpoint the year. 2010, 2015, 2020?
>> The 22nd century maybe?
>>
>> Linux may be tolerable for the desktop by then.
>> Maybe. Or not.
>>
>
> Why, never, of course. Microsoft will file a lawsuit
> citing patent and trademark infringement. After all, XO is
> extremely close to X-Box, and Microsoft has patented quite
> a few concepts that go into a modern operating system,
> such as illegal instructions.
>
> (This as they madly try to improve Windows Vista Basic
> Edition so as to cause everyone that views it to drool
> for the Ultimate Edition, and additional hardware to
> run such. So far, the best they've accomplished (AFAIK)
> is a slightly puzzled reaction which is along the lines of
> "Wow, this crap is incredibly bad." But that's why the
> "Wow" starts now; this is the first of many anticipated
> sales successes for Vista. Look for XBox-90s to go on
> sale in Africa in a couple of months, for $90, or the
> local currency's approximate equivalent thereof, modified
> as necessary for marketing and profitability concerns.)
Don't worry about IP. It's naughts and X's, not zeroes and ones...
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29130
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