Between Walter Bender, who practically lives at 1cc and has been part of the entire development, and NN, who by all accounts is rarely in his office at 1cc, I say that the SD was just an offshoot of the ASIC chip.<br><br>Besides that's what what I've heard everyone else at OLPC say. NN also said that Windows was running on the XO months ago, which MS denied.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Jonathan Corbet <<a href="mailto:corbet@lwn.net">corbet@lwn.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">Walter Bender <<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Second, regarding Microsoft, I agree that if it is to be an open<br>
> platform, it should be open to everyone, including Microsoft. That<br>
> said, it is somewhat revisionist to suggest that the SD card was added<br>
> on behalf of Microsoft<br>
<br>
</div>Such statements certainly are based on reporting like this:<br>
<br>
Speaking with Wired News editor Kevin Poulsen over e-mail,<br>
Negroponte said that an SD card slot was added to the OLPC<br>
machine so it could meet Windows' minimum performance<br>
requirements.<br>
<br>
"The XO always ran Windows... that is why we added the SD slot,"<br>
he said.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/negroponte_olpc_1.html" target="_blank">http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/negroponte_olpc_1.html</a><br>
<br>
Or this:<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
"Microsoft has always been working on Windows for the XO. We put<br>
the SD (secure digital) slot into our laptop over one year ago,<br>
</div> for them," Negroponte said, explaining that the SD slot allows<br>
the XO's memory to be expanded, making it easier for users to<br>
run Windows.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.news.com/Negroponte-Windows-key-to-OLPC-philosophy/2100-1016_3-6215837.html" target="_blank">http://www.news.com/Negroponte-Windows-key-to-OLPC-philosophy/2100-1016_3-6215837.html</a><br>
<br>
Or this:<br>
<br>
Although the machine is preinstaled with Linux ut this doesn't<br>
mean that you can't run Windows on the machine, Negroponte<br>
said. " We put in an SD slot just for Bill," he quipped.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.siliconvalleysleuth.com/2006/12/kicking_off_the.html" target="_blank">http://www.siliconvalleysleuth.com/2006/12/kicking_off_the.html</a><br>
(typos in original)<br>
<br>
Now the statement that the SD slot was added for Microsoft may be<br>
incorrect, but, given all the words that went around last year, it's<br>
probably not "revisionist" either.<br>
<br>
jon<br>
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