Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 24th Apr 2008 07:50 UTC, submitted by happykid
Hardware, Embedded Systems The road to the One Laptop Per Child has been riddled with humps and bumps, such as hardware issues, the failure of the 'G1G1' scheme, and the inability to reach the USD 100 price mark, culminating in the resignation of the project's president yesterday. Now, Negroponte, the project's founder and chairman, has stated something that might alienate the project's strongest supporters even further: the OLPC might evolve into using Windows XP only.
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Not the first mistake
by rhyder on Thu 24th Apr 2008 08:55 UTC
rhyder
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2005-09-28

He'd already doomed the project by refusing to allow people to buy them freely. I'd love him to explain what advantages exclusivity gave the project.