Microsoft and OLPC Agree To Put XP On the XO Laptop 530
Apro+im points out a NYTimes report which states that Microsoft and the OLPC project have officially agreed to put Windows XP on the XO laptop. While Microsoft has been working toward this for some time, analysts began to think a deal was more likely after Walter Bender resigned from the project and was replaced by Charles Kane. Former OLPC security developer Ivan Krstic had a lot to say about Windows on the XO as well. From the Times:
"Windows will add a bit to the price of the machines, about $3, the licensing fee Microsoft charges to some developing nations under a program called Unlimited Potential. For those nations that want dual-boot models, running both Windows and Linux, the extra hardware required will add another $7 or so to the cost of the machines, Mr. Negroponte said. The project's agreement with Microsoft involves no payment by the software giant, and Microsoft will not join One Laptop Per Child's board. 'We've stayed very pure,' Mr. Negroponte said.
One Blue Screen Per Child? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:"extra hardware"? (Score:5, Funny)
It's just as well (Score:5, Funny)
Purity is in the eye of the beholder? (Score:5, Funny)
Yep, as pure as the bride wearing a white dress for her wedding when she's six months pregnant.
Re:"extra hardware"? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Send them a message! (Score:5, Funny)
At least the price is right (Score:3, Funny)
Re:So $10 gets you what (Score:5, Funny)
Somewhere Balmer strokes his horns and drinks a toast to another soul!
Re:Maybe (Score:5, Funny)
Re:So much for that. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:How about applications? (Score:5, Funny)
Don't be ridiculous.
It's got MS Paint too.
OBNPC (Score:5, Funny)
Re:XO has been assimilated (Score:1, Funny)
This is truly a feat for Negroponte (Score:5, Funny)
OLPC (Score:3, Funny)
Re:It's just as well (Score:5, Funny)
STOP: 0x00000FE1 (0x029FBE01 0x0000007B 0x0001029A 0x0000003E)
DRIVER_IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL_TO
First, you're learning about hexidecimal numbers. Enough unsigned drivers and hitting things on the ground, and you've got a great "flash card" teaching tool. Plus, the general math aspect, "Okay, class, if the IRQ is 'not less or equal to', then what is it?" "Okay, since nobody knows what this means, let's say that first number is the driver IRQ, which of the other numbers are not less than or equal to it?"
Not to mention learning about colors (blue)... and... um... death.
Re:Give it to them for free (Score:2, Funny)
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/the-20-ipod-touch-upgrade-really-for-legal-reasons-or-not/ [engadget.com]
Re:Give it to them for free (Score:5, Funny)
Re:"extra hardware"? (Score:5, Funny)
Wow, that's deep. It's like a zen riddle or something. "What is the nature of the Buddha? What is the sound of one hand clapping? What is the functionality of Windows with all the crap removed?"
Re:Give it to them for free (Score:5, Funny)
I can see that's a problem, since this is an education project after all. What are the teachers going to do without principals?
Re:Give it to them for free (Score:3, Funny)
Unbelievable! I mean, Thailand has it's share of problems, but to completely outlaw dental hygiene?! That's going *too* far...
FUCK YOU Mr. Negroponte! (Score:1, Funny)
Now that I find out that a portion of my DONATION to the OLPC project is ending up in the pockets of Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer makes me fuckin' retch!
Mr. Negroponte has done more to damage the goodwill of people and the soul of open source more than Bill Gates, Novell and Darryl McBride even did!
AN UTTER FUCKIN' SELLOT!
The computer is not teh God. (Score:2, Funny)
The computer is just a tool.
Unless it's running MSwhatever, in which case, the user is just a tool, and the computer+MSwhatever is what they used to call idolatry.