Microsoft and OLPC

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070502-olpc-project-clarifies-no-plans-for-windows-support.html

Interesting stuff.  I would hope that Windows would run on the laptop eventually.  I think that for it to truly be a success, it needs to have Windows.  I know that with my family, our school is talking about requiring different grades to have laptops.  I would rather spend $150 for a new laptop each year than spend $800 for a new laptop every two years.  It it breaks, $150 would be a much easier replacement.

2 Comments

  • Why would OLPC need Windows? If you can run OpenOffice, FireFox and a vast number of educational OpenSource software?

    Especially in developing countries (which really is the main target audience for OLPC), people don't need a commercial OS and lock-in to all sorts of commercial software that run on the Windows platform.

    A light-weight, very well localized and open source linux based OS suits the OLPC project down to the ground.

  • I think Microsoft needs OLPC more than OLPC needs Windows (to maintain future marketshare). My 2 cents.

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