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Technical Help & Discussion => Apple, Linux & Open Source Software: Help, News & Discussion => Topic started by: sam on April 24, 2008, 12:08

Title: OLPC may eventually switch from Linux to Windows XP
Post by: sam on April 24, 2008, 12:08

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One day after the  resignation of the One Laptop Per Child project's president was publicly revealed, the OLPC's founder and chairman said that the group's XO laptop may evolve to use only Windows XP as its operating system, with open-source educational applications such as the homegrown Sugar software running on top.

read more at: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=laptops&articleId=9079798&taxonomyId=76&intsrc=kc_top

- I think this is very short-sighted of them... they made a great choice in using open source but to go back to now is just stupid.. what a waste of development time to say the least.

Title: Re: OLPC may eventually switch from Linux to Windows XP
Post by: Rik on April 24, 2008, 12:10

Perhaps some horse trading has been going on?

Title: Re: OLPC may eventually switch from Linux to Windows XP
Post by: sam on April 24, 2008, 12:18

sounds like it.

Title: Re: OLPC may eventually switch from Linux to Windows XP
Post by: Rik on April 24, 2008, 12:23

It would be in MS' interests to give XP away in a bid to ensnare kids for the future. They don't want them growing up in an open-source world.