This is exactly the strange position that M$ finds itself in. On the high end of the market they have an OS that is too slow for new hardware, and on the low end, they have a 6-year old OS that is too slow even for new low-end machines coming out.
The strategy that M$ has developed for this in Windows7 is that it will be highly modular. So the core will be pretty slim, and all components will be plugable on top of this. We know this as the infamous minix-linux debate, i guess. Which was between Linus and Prof. Tannenbaum. Tannenbaum had developed an OS which had a microkernel, a 5000 lines of code kernel, that dynamically loads all necessary modules. Tannenbaum argues that, even if you take a small performance penalty because of the slower dynamic loading, overall your OS will be more optimal. The debate between him and Linus is rather classic and a very good read. (pick your preferred link from http://www.google.co.ug/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=com.ubuntu%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=uI0&q=tannenbaum+vs+linus+torvald&btnG=Search ) rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 782 801 749 www.mountbatten.net On Friday 16 May 2008 13:22:11 Niles Collins wrote: > Yes i agree, the OLPC with XP on it will be so slow. plus it is going to be > a stripped down version of XP home. So not even XP Pro, which i felt would > have been a more logical choice. Same thing happened with the ASUS EeePC. > Now they are coming with XP home and linux. We have a linux one in the > office that we are testing and i don't see how you can run XP on them > without a lot of waiting and waiting and waiting. > > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 3:55 AM, Ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sad ... > > > > OLPC=One Licence Per Children > > or HOWTO get a thousand ultra qualified IT workers build your Windows > > commercial project for free ... > > > > Negroponte is very intelligent: > > =>starts the project on opensource for the feasability phase ... > > tons of people have worked on it on an open source base and know just > > "give" it to Micro$oft ... > > who is going to get all the honors, medals and whistles of "bringing > > computer where it was not there" ... > > => a while ago he refused OS X, claiming that it was not open source! You > > said money ? :-) > > > > now just waiting for the benchmark test ... > > I doubt that XP can be as efficient as the Linux base designed for the XO > > ... > > > > 2008/5/16 Simon Vass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > I thought the whole point of this project was the mesh networking and > >> social networking tools? Now it is just another virus bomb. Give it 2 years > >> and bye bye. > >> > >> Simon > >> > >> Simon Sekidde wrote: > >> > >>> http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/may08/05-15MSOLPCPR.mspx > >>> > >>> http://blogs.technet.com/jamesu/ > >>> > >>> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/technology/16laptop.html > >>> > >>> See video of Unlimited Potential's Bohdan Raciborski showing off Windows > >>> XO > >>> > >>> http://myweb.cableone.net/sekidde/Bohdan_Raciborski_-_XP_on_OLPC_XO.mp4 > >>> > >>> > >>> Will the XO laptop ever be a dual boot machine or did Nicholas > >>> Negroponte just waste two years of Open Source community's efforts? > >>> > >>> > >>> Cheers > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> This message has been scanned for viruses and > >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > >> believed to be clean. > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> LUG mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > >> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > >> > >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > >> --------------------------------------- > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Consulting: If you're not a part of the solution, there's good money to be > > made in prolonging the problem... > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
