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

[Sameer Verma]

Ed Montgomery wrote:
> 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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The article says ""We asked the OLPC to add a slot for an internal SD
card that will provide the 2 Gbytes of extra memory," Utzschneider
wrote. It was not immediately clear if the OLPC has responded to
Microsoft's request. "

For a news media site they aren't very well informed, are they?

Sameer

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Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Systems
San Francisco State University
San Francisco CA 94132 USA
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