Will A Hundred Users Share One PC?
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| Macedonia has saved even more by running Ubuntu and other free software.
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http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/09/can_a_hundred_u.html
Many of these solutions run Linux.
Windows wants in on the $200 laptop
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| In that article I was reminded of a small snippet of information which made
| me at first chuckle then think. This snippet was that Microsoft was testing
| the laptop to see if windows would run on it. My first thought was HA! Here
| is an example where Open Source technology is clearly a better solution than
| Proprietary. Then a second and darker thought crossed my mind. Why is
| Microsoft testing the laptop?
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| It seems to me that as Microsoft is a business there can only be one reason.
| Money! They see a way of making a profit out of this laptop. They sure as
| heck won't give windows away for free so this will raise the price of the
| laptop again. Hence the $200 in the title. Sure Microsoft as a business has a
| right to be competitive but they have a tendency of going too far. In this
| case where a non-profit organization is trying to do some good in the world
| Microsoft has no business in trying to make a profit from it.
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http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/linux/locutus/archives/windows-wants-in-on-the-200-laptop-19096
Related:
One laptop per child and open source
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| For once Microsoft is getting the reverse Linux laptop experience:
| little support and little documentation for the hardware. The result
| will be a platform that doesn?t include any of the really novel
| features that we're building in, bad power management, no systems
| management via the firmware and apps that will randomly crash because
| they can't fix the virtual memory problem in the same way we're
| approaching it. A second class citizen, to be sure.
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http://www.0xdeadbeef.com/weblog/?p=285
OLPC project clarifies: no plans for Windows support
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| According to Walter Bender, president of Software and Content at OLPC,
| there is no agreement in place between OLPC and Microsoft to offer XO
| laptops with any version of Windows. Bender also indicated that
| Microsoft has not contacted OLPC regarding its $3 software bundling
| program, nor have any governments requested that the XO be outfitted
| with Windows. In short, there is no existing collaboration between
| Microsoft and OLPC aimed at outfitting the XO laptop with Windows.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070502-olpc-project-clarifies-no-plans-for-windows-support.html
One Laptop Per Child clarity
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| The bulk of the confusion and conspiracy theorising which accompanied
| the recent announcement seems to centre on this point.
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| The specs were not boosted to accommodate windows...
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1481
OLPC Linux laptop could succeed in U.S.
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| The laptop features a string pulley to charge its battery, a keyboard
| that switches between languages, a digital video camera, wireless
| connectivity, and an open-source Linux operating system tailored for
| remote regions.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS4220342075.html
OLPC: Free Software Still Rules
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| Jepsen tells us, politely, to calm down. The plan is still for the
| XO to ship with OLPC's custom Linux-based Sugar operating system,
| and she hasn't seen demand for anything else on the XO. "The issuehasn't
| presented itself. Most people love Sugar."
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http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/olpc_free_softw.html
One Laptop Per Child - Production Delays Caused By Microsoft, Intel?
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| 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.
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http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/blade/2007/04/28/one-laptop-per-child-production-delays-caused-by-microsoft-intel/
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