"The founder of the ambitious "$100 laptop" project, which plans to give inexpensive computers to schoolchildren in developing countries, revealed Thursday that the machine for now costs $175, and it will be able to run Windows in addition to its homegrown, open-source interface."More here.
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by Laurence on Fri 27th Apr 2007 09:38 UTC
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2007-03-26
Why, exactly, has it been made to run windows? It doesnt state why in the article.
PR, staying on side with the big corperations, introducing the 3rd world to Windows (which like it or lump it, it is on most desktops) - to name but 3 reasons.
Seems like a sensible move to me - especially given that they're still pushing their home grown OS in conjunction.
Member since:
2007-03-26
PR, staying on side with the big corperations, introducing the 3rd world to Windows (which like it or lump it, it is on most desktops) - to name but 3 reasons.
Seems like a sensible move to me - especially given that they're still pushing their home grown OS in conjunction.