[OLPC India] Windows on OLPC XO 1.5

[Josh]

Just sharing a somewhat minor/theoretical side-point ... MSFT has announced (and made clear) that all ARM based windows 8 machines must implement the full UEFI spec and to do so in such a way that it restricts/prevents a user from signing their own firmware or disabling UEFI Secure Boot (or ... So if there is a miracle of engineering and some n this case, it is better referred to as 'restricted boot'). 

So, if a Windows 8 machine is ported to an XO on ARM architecture, then this means that a person could neither dual boot nor replace Windows 8 with Linux plus GNU-and/or-Sugar. 

Josh

Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com> wrote:

>On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Satish Jha <sjha at vsnl.com> wrote:
>> Walter,
>>
>> At this stage I am not even looking for rationale. Anyone trying to reach an
>> audience has to address their concerns. They will learn the way they do. Can
>> you force their learning?
>>
>> We can conclude India is not ready or walk with India at the pace it learns.
>>
>> Puritanism has its charm and consequences for those we want to help. That
>> has kept OLPC from 5 batches of India's children and 95 percent of them get
>> little education worth anything that help them join the world as we know.
>>
>> What do you suggest? Keep them from the dreams that olpc dreamt but could
>> not even share with those it dreamt for?
>>
>> Regards
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>
>At its heart, this is a technical issue. It is not obvious that
>Windows 8 can run on the XO hardware. And if it is possible, it will
>require a significant investment to do the port. So asking for a
>rationale for making this investment is not a matter of Puratism, it
>is a mater of pragmatism.
>
>regards.
>
>-walter
>
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