[sugar] Sugar\Windows won't ship

[Joshua N Pritikin]

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 03:27:21PM -0400, dthornburg at aol.com wrote:
> As for Windows, the problem is that you can't scale large 
> installations without going bankrupt with the annual fees that 
> Microsoft charges.? This works out to about $100 per computer per year 
> in many US schools, and is one of the reasons that Brazil moved to 
> Linux.

As I have posted before, I am not distressed by the inclusion of Windows 
on the XO laptop, perhaps in a dual-boot configuration or whatever. What 
would distress me is if Windows was not sold as an option. If laptops 
could only be purchased with Windows, raising the price by the Microsoft 
tax, that would be a cause for complaint.

I don't think OLPC intends to go that way. Windows is about more choice, 
not less, right?