Walter leaving and shift to XP.

Carl-Daniel Hailfinger c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net
Tue Apr 22 19:00:03 EDT 2008


On 22.04.2008 23:29, Ivan Krstić wrote:
> On Apr 22, 2008, at 5:25 PM, Edward Cherlin wrote:
>   
>> Who says Negroponte is shifting? Certainly not Walter in any of his
>> public posts. Can't happen. We would all be out of here like a shot  
>> to fork Sugar. Nicholas is weird, but not utterly stupid.
>>     
>
>
> "Eventually, Negroponte added, Windows might be the sole operating  
> system ... Negroponte said he was mainly concerned with putting as  
> many laptops as possible in children's hands."
>
> -- via Associated Press
> <http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hXa0O9XLMsWfaqt-sI9FqFy2IewgD9073PPG0>

Thanks for digging up that quote. It confirms that this has become a
pure laptop project and not an education project as the official mission
states (stated?). Giving laptops to children is not an education
project, it's giving laptops to children.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel



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