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Microsoft Wants One Laptop Per Child System To Run Windows XP
InformationWeek ^
| December 6, 2007 02:06 PM
| By Paul McDougall
Posted on 12/07/2007 5:37:18 AM PST by SubGeniusX
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To: SubGeniusX
Microsoft wants the One Laptop Per Child to run XP.
"It looks like you're trying to find some food and avoid being shot. Do you want some help with that?"
Tech PING!
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posted on
12/07/2007 5:38:59 AM PST
by
SubGeniusX
(The People have Unenumerated Rights, The Government does not have Unenumerated Powers!)
To: SubGeniusX
Wow, what a way to turn a good idea into a piece of crap.
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posted on
12/07/2007 5:39:29 AM PST
by
darkwing104
(Lets get dangerous)
To: SubGeniusX
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posted on
12/07/2007 5:39:48 AM PST
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: darkwing104
Gbytes of flash memory.
If THAT is shrunken, what the hell are WE running?????............
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posted on
12/07/2007 5:41:59 AM PST
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: darkwing104
OOPS!....HTML error!.....
....a shrunken version of Windows XP could potentially run on 2 Gbytes of flash memory. If THAT is shrunken, what the hell are WE running?????............
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posted on
12/07/2007 5:42:37 AM PST
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: SubGeniusX
"It looks like you're trying to find some food and avoid being shot. Do you want some help with that?" 
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posted on
12/07/2007 5:43:31 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: SubGeniusX
I think the OLPC folks are smart enough to dodge this bullet.
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posted on
12/07/2007 5:44:58 AM PST
by
gridlock
(Recycling is the new Religion.)
To: SubGeniusX
That is one butt-ugly computer.
To: SubGeniusX
I guess Vista is out of the question.
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posted on
12/07/2007 5:45:58 AM PST
by
kidd
To: Red Badger
I don't know but the Commodore 128 I use at work still does the job.
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posted on
12/07/2007 5:46:13 AM PST
by
darkwing104
(Lets get dangerous)
To: SubGeniusX
The non-sequitur comic strip has a regular caption entitled, “People unclear on the concept.” The whole point of the XO is to provide a basic, useable laptop for the least possible amount of money. That means no nothing except maybe a USB port for a printer. If they could afford the Flash memory they wouldn’t nee the XO.
Oh, let me guess. Microsoft wants the XO project to build and distribute the laptops with the port, and then they would provide the flash memory for $5 each, and skim off the best talent from the pool? Nothing stops MS from doing their own XO. No matter how remote or small the pool, Microsoft always wants to pee in it.
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posted on
12/07/2007 5:49:06 AM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(Not a newbie, I just wanted a new screen name.)
To: kidd
I guess Vista is out of the question. One set back to that is the hardware needed to run Vista would cost twice as much. Microsoft and their bloatware.
To: ShadowAce
"It looks like you're trying to find some food and avoid being shot. Do you want some help with that?"
Ping!
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posted on
12/07/2007 5:49:34 AM PST
by
SubGeniusX
(The People have Unenumerated Rights, The Government does not have Unenumerated Powers!)
To: SubGeniusX
would give students in poor countries access to "tens of thousands of existing educational applications written for Windows,"If one can set aside any disdain (or hatred) for Microsoft, the above claim certainly makes sense. Then again, there is also a ton of educational material written for MSDOS and earlier versions of windows that might not carry the storage requirements of XP.
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posted on
12/07/2007 5:50:59 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
To: SubGeniusX
I wonder how much rent Microsoft would be asking for this software?
To: NonValueAdded
Just as an aside . . .okay so these are poor and developing countries . . . what languages are these software programs published in? English?
Poor/developing can mean some serious variance is languages spoken.
I’m with you though :)
To: Always Right
Microsoft and their bloatware .... sigh
I just (foolishly) bought a new laptop with Vista Home Premium. Thought I was getting a bargain. Ha! Now, how much is it going to cost me to turn it back into an XP machine that is actually useful and workable? I was never in the hate-Microsoft camp, but I'm getting closer.
To: All
>> Microsoft wants the One Laptop Per Child to run XP.
Does this mean they finally realized what a piece of cr*p the VISTA operating system is?
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