In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Fri, 04 May 2007 00:25:14 +0100
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> OLPC project clarifies: no plans for Windows support
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> | According to Walter Bender, president of Software and Content at OLPC,
> | there is no agreement in place between OLPC and Microsoft to offer XO
> | laptops with any version of Windows. Bender also indicated that
> | Microsoft has not contacted OLPC regarding its $3 software bundling
> | program, nor have any governments requested that the XO be outfitted
> | with Windows. In short, there is no existing collaboration between
> | Microsoft and OLPC aimed at outfitting the XO laptop with Windows.
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> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070502-olpc-project-clarifies-no-plans-for-windows-support.html
>
> Just worth clarifying. Some of the blogsphere's Microsoft shills have taken
> things out of context, given the wrong assumptions.
OLPC might not support Windows, but Windows may very well
support OLPC. After all, what's to prevent the following?
[1] Grab specs on OLPC.
[2] Write drivers.
[3] Get into the hardware business.
Perfectly legit. One hopes for a compliance checklist.
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