Star Microsoft Demonstrates Windows XP on the XO
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 16th May 2008 09:29 UTC
Windows Microsoft and the One Laptop Per Child project have announced an agreement to work together on getting Windows XP available on the XO laptop, with trials starting in June 2008, and the RTM date set for August or September. Microsoft also demonstrated Windows XP Professional and Office 2003 running on the XO laptop - fully featured.
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RE[2]: Parents' usage?
by tomcat on Sat 17th May 2008 02:50 UTC in reply to "RE: Parents' usage?"
tomcat
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2006-01-06

It's because Microsoft sent lobbyists to all the 3rd world countries governments' warning them how much accepting a Linux-based system would cost them in lost future deals, and so all the governemnts demanded XP.


Or, as an alternate theory, most of the 3rd world countries already pirate Windows, so they might as well all use compatible software.

Edited 2008-05-17 03:07 UTC

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RE[3]: Parents' usage?
by stestagg on Sat 17th May 2008 14:06 in reply to "RE[2]: Parents' usage?"
stestagg Member since:
2006-06-03

The point of the XO is not about interoperability with existing systems.

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RE[3]: Parents' usage?
by Moulinneuf on Sat 17th May 2008 20:13 in reply to "RE[2]: Parents' usage?"
Moulinneuf Member since:
2005-07-06

Here is why you don't make sense more then usual :

They don't have the computers to install pirated OS and software on , in the first place.

That's why the OLPC are shipping the Hardware + software.

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