Re: <OT> OLPC program swings to M$

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On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 10:11 PM, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm not sure that this warrants the sarcasm. The fact is that the XO has
> been pretty much of a failure so far...it missed the $100 target by a
> bunch which probably is why there has been a lot of resistance to sales.

I think that's more assumption than fact, the part about resistance to sales.

<snip>

> The laptop was never intended to be a Windows type system

At this point, I don't think any of us should be making assumptions
about Negroponte's intentions, for all we know, he always hoped to get
money from Microsoft.

> and thinking
> by putting Windows on it is an admission that they failed...the target
> was the children of third world countries that had limited to computer
> technology so whether it runs Windows or Linux was never really the
> issue at all.

Actually, one of the declared objectives was that all the software be
free and open

> And of course, as Max pointed out, there isn't the mesh networking or
> Sugar interface which was pretty cool.

Negroponte claims that Sugar will be put on Windows

> I'm still trying to figure out
> how Microsoft is going to distribute updates into the jungle because
> they never get things out the door that work as they are supposed to
> anyway.

I do not think this was ever a concern for Microsoft. XP is going out
of support soon enough.

> Craig
Arthur

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