Windows on the XO (was: Re: Devel Digest, Vol 41, Issue 41)

2009-07-28 Thread Sascha Silbe
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 07:45:58AM -1000, Mitch Bradley wrote: For this reason, Sugar needs a wider basis, to run on more Linux platforms and to run under Windows. We have been engaged in discussions with Microsoft for several months, to explore a dual boot version of the XO. Some of you

Re: Windows on the XO (was: Re: Devel Digest, Vol 41, Issue 41)

2009-07-28 Thread James Cameron
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 02:21:22PM +0200, Sascha Silbe wrote: But it doesn't really matter much as Charles Kane makes it clear in todays interview [1] It was last week, actually. ... that OLPC is now actually selling XOs with Windows on them: After the success and the impact we have had

Re: Windows on the XO (was: Re: Devel Digest, Vol 41, Issue 41)

2009-07-28 Thread Sean DALY
My understanding is that although Windows is available, there have been no sales; deployments have preferred Sugar. On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Sascha Silbesascha-ml-ui-sugar-olpc-de...@silbe.org wrote: On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 07:45:58AM -1000, Mitch Bradley wrote: For this reason,

Re: Devel Digest, Vol 41, Issue 41

2009-07-21 Thread Mitch Bradley
Even the OLPC wiki contains links [1] to misleading reports [2] about Windows on the XO without any further, clarifying comment. OLPCNews' quote of NN didn't make it clear [3] as well: For this reason, Sugar needs a wider basis, to run on more Linux platforms and to run under Windows.