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Microsoft, OLPC Officially Team Up
May 16, 2008, 13 :30 UTC (26 Talkback[s]) (2689 reads)

(Other stories by Ina Fried)

"So, I guess this makes it Two Operating Systems Per Child.

"The One Laptop Per Child project and Microsoft announced Thursday that indeed the XO laptop will be available in both Linux and Windows varieties. The companies plan to sell a Windows-powered XO in five or six countries starting next month, with a broader release in August or September.

"'We view it as a major opportunity for OLPC to expand and expand in a couple of ways,' OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte told CNET News.com in an interview Thursday..."

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'nuff said. ...   Money Talks.   
bobzibub
May 16, 2008, 13:45:28
 
It's not about education...It's  ...   Civilization's bleak future   
Stuart DeGraaf
May 16, 2008, 13:50:28
 
New meanings for the OLPC acronym:One Le ...   New acronym meanings   
gdsfopfskd;lfkd;d
May 16, 2008, 14:14:06
 
I think this is a good development.  It  ...   Interesting development   
omniprovident
May 16, 2008, 14:47:56
 
..."When I talk to people and tell them  ...   Not going for the easy joke.   
Brandioch Conner
May 16, 2008, 14:59:54
 
...and not part of the solution.Microsof ...   OLPC now part of the problem...   
cjm
May 16, 2008, 15:21:29
 
Im glad i did not support them by buying ...   im glad i didn't support..   
Petem
May 16, 2008, 15:47:57
 
What good is teaching all these poor kid ...   Bring the joys of spyware to the world   
zeke123
May 16, 2008, 15:48:31
 
... thanks suckers!"For us to launch the ...   A Polite Way of Saying ...   
blackhole
May 16, 2008, 16:07:50
 
> I think this is a good development.  I ...   Re: Interesting development   
philc
May 16, 2008, 17:09:52
 
The OLPC project was never about FOSS, i ...   Count the positives   
JJS
May 16, 2008, 17:27:33
 
He "used" FOSS in the same way Novell is ...   Re: Count the positives   
xcvbcxbcxv
May 16, 2008, 17:46:15
 
The OLPC project has just created a whol ...   A Whole New Market   
Tony OBryan
May 16, 2008, 17:48:29
 
> The OLPC project was never about FOSS, ...   Re: Count the positives   
Rainer Weikusat
May 16, 2008, 18:14:13
 
After reading everyone's replies and ...   This might be a good thing   
Jose_X
May 16, 2008, 18:24:41
 
MS = Xp GUI or Sugar, Linux = Sugar only ...   MS = Xp GUI or Sugar, Linux = Sugar only. MS Wins!   
Sugar Sucks
May 16, 2008, 20:21:46
 
I sincerely hope that all the other staf ...   Mass resignations at OLPC   
pity_the_children
May 16, 2008, 20:35:28
 
there's a video going around which s ...   beware of falsified video   
barney
May 16, 2008, 20:43:56
 
I think this is a good development. It a ...   Re: Interesting development   
smallchange
May 16, 2008, 21:51:58
 
The article says 5-6 countries will be h ...   MS = success   
Yim
May 17, 2008, 04:00:15
 
> He claims Windows boots 4x faster with ...   Re: beware of falsified video   
Rainer Weikusat
May 17, 2008, 06:58:24
 
That choice exists beyond anything MS do ...   Re: Re: Interesting development   
omniprovident
May 17, 2008, 12:13:44
 
>> ... And no room for Linux in a dual b ...   Re: MS = success   
Jose_X
May 17, 2008, 19:33:12
 
>> That choice exists beyond anything MS ...   Re: Re: Re: Interesting development   
Jose_X
May 17, 2008, 19:46:33
 
I am also a bit sensitive to this deal w ...   Hardware pressures; plus constructionist FOSS   
Jose_X
May 17, 2008, 21:46:46
 
Jose_X:"In that sense, this loss was a l ...   Proprietary hardware   
jhansonxi
May 18, 2008, 18:17:06
 
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