[Foundation-l] OLPC & Windows?

[Rory Stolzenberg]

On 12/5/06, James Hare <messedrocker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If these computers were to be equipped with Windows, they wouldn't be the
> $100 laptops, they'd be the $400 laptops.
>
> On 12/5/06, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > galwaygirl schreef:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I just came across this worrying news item:
> > >
> http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2170209/microsoft-looking-windows-olpc
> > >
> > > Does anyone know more about this? Is it really true?
> > >
> > > Galwaygirl
> > Hoi,
> > There are two sides to this story. The standard hardware that runs the
> > OLPC software nicely will not run the Windows software. Consequently
> > many of the advantages of using this system go out of the window (pun
> > intended) because extra hardware will require more power and it is
> > exactly the low power functionality that makes this system shine. The
> > only "dark" side that I see, is that as the system can be made to run
> > such extended services, it will become more of an object people are
> > willing to steal. The bright side is that when it can run Windows, there
> > is room for extending the functionality of the hardware. This may make
> > the system also more interesting for the western market where the superb
> > ability to run with limited power is less relevant.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >     GerardM
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Presumably, if the OLPC project actually agrees to run Windows, Microsoft
would have to have donated it anyway.