[Olpc-open] Windows XP OLPC in January??!!!

[Ed Montgomery]

This has just hit the wires.  M$ is going to have an
"XO" system running in January?  How appalling.  Still
doing their dammedest to ensure the world's computer
users remain hooked, ignorant and locked in.

Microsoft's renewed interest in participating in OLPC
might be viewed by skeptics as an admission that a
rival offering for developing markets called Classmate
-- which uses an Intel processor on Microsoft software
-- has failed to catch on.

Virtually all major U.S. tech vendors are looking to
emerging markets to drive the bulk of their sales
growth in the 21st century, and are loathe to see
rivals establish an early footprint.

Microsoft on Wednesday said it's planning "limited
field trials" in January of an XO system running
Windows XP.

Microsoft's renewed interest in participating in OLPC
might be viewed by skeptics as an admission that a
rival offering for developing markets called Classmate
-- which uses an Intel processor on Microsoft software
-- has failed to catch on.

Virtually all major U.S. tech vendors are looking to
emerging markets to drive the bulk of their sales
growth in the 21st century, and are loathe to see
rivals establish an early footprint.

Microsoft on Wednesday said it's planning "limited
field trials" in January of an XO system running
Windows XP.

http://itnews.com.au/News/66442,microsoft-wants-ne-laptop-per-child-system-to-run-windows-xp.aspx




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