Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 24th Apr 2008 07:50 UTC, submitted by happykid
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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2006-01-06
Apparently, the joke is on you, because it's more likely that MS will pay the OLPC project to incorporate XP -- and that's why this change has occurred. Why, you ask? Because MS (in its own self-interest) will ensure that the next wave of con$umers starts using -- and continues to use -- MS software. And, in the end, if there is no price difference for end-users, you don't have anything legitimate to complain about.