After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
> From: Will Poole
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 3:15 PM
> To: Orlando Ayala; Craig Mundie; Tom Phillips; Rick Thompson; Mike Sievert
> Cc: Craig Fiebig
> Subject: RE: Recap of our meeting today with Rodrigo and Marcelo
>
> I think we should name our new open source license and romance its
> creation. ?Education Open Source? or something like that. And offer that
> commercial terms can be established under such an agreement, thus enabling the
> best of open source and commercial software environments.
Wolf donning sheep's clothing.
> From: Craig Mundie
> Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 9:47 PM
> To: Tom Phillips; Will Poole; Rick Thompson; Mike Sievert
> Cc: Orlando Ayaia; Craig Fiebig
> Subject: RE: Recap of our meeting today with Rodrigo and Marcelo
>
> Remember that a key part of our strategy is to create a situation where even if
> Nick rejects us for philosophical reasons there is a long and visible history
> of our attempts to work with them and then we have to ask to get a license for
> the ?open source hardware? and we will make our own offering on the commercial
> side.
Ye gods, afraid of a little toy-like OLPC!
> From: Tom Phillips
> Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 8:48 PM
> To: Will Poole; Craig Mundie; Rick Thompson; Mike Sievert
> Cc: Orlando Ayaia; Craig Fiebig
> Subject: RE: Recap of our meeting today with Rodrigo and Marcelo
>
> The meeting begin with a question by Marcelo on wether Microsoft felt the OLPC
> project would be successful without its involvement. We approched the question
> indicating that while the project could certianly be completed, Microsoft
> involvement could be a significant benifit both in the reach of the project
> and the by our ability to get more done in a shorter timeframe. Marcelo stated
> that he was pleased that Microsoft was taking the project seriously, and
> concurred that working together could be benificial.
Bwahhahahahahaha.
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Windows
In some media resources, e.g. at the website of the official Austrian
media station ORF, it was incorrectly announced that OLPC is performing a
strategy change and that a version of Microsoft Windows will be the
offical standard software system that runs on the OLPC laptops. These
erroneous reports have been debunked on the OLPC myths page; the OLPC
Association continues their development of a Linux-based software set for
the laptop in conjunction with RedHat.
On the other hand, Microsoft has internally developed a version of
Windows XP that runs on the OLPC laptop. According to an ITWorld article,
Bill Gates said that Microsoft is planning to offer a $3 software bundle
for the XO consisting of
* Windows XP
* Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
* Microsoft Math 3.0
* Learning Essentials 2.0 for Microsoft Office
* Windows Live Mail
This offer will only apply to developing countries. No details were
provided about availability, conditions of licensing or the language
support included in or available for this software. The range of
languages supported appears to be quite limited.
What? Limited language support for a PC meant for developing countries?
Say it ain't so!!
Eric Brown reports: The version of Windows XP installed on the XO
supports all the laptop's features, says the OLPC, including networking,
speakers, microphone, and webcam. It also allows the display to pivot
into its "e-book" configuration and change into a power-saving,
sunlight-readable monochrome mode, according to Microsoft. James
Utzschneider, GM of marketing and communications for Microsoft's
Unlimited Potential group, blogged that "the Windows port to the XO is a
snappy release that doesn't cut features or functionality in order to
work in the constrained memory and storage environment of the XO."
Sure it does, Microsoft dude, sure it does.
However, it should be noted that Windows does not support Sugar, for
fundamental reasons.
[ Reasons discussed here:
http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-April/013242.html ]
Some quotes:
The first announced trial of XP/XO is in Peru. The immediate reaction in
the computer press is that Sugar is now doomed. This is greatly
exaggerated.
Nicholas Negroponte reported that every Egyptian education official he
talked to asked about Windows on the XO, which was one of the main
reasons he went forward with dual-boot Linux and XP on the XO. Egypt also
has a contract with Microsoft for Windows. It is widely expected that
Egypt will conduct a trial of XP/XO, but none has been announced as of
09/22. [Chris -- That's 2008]
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