OMG, they're insidious! Too bad the some gov'ts would actually consider replacing their Linux install with XP.
On Friday 07 December 2007 12:45:23 am Manny wrote: > Third World Disempowerment > December 6th, 2007 by Maddog > > The One laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative has gotten quite a bit of > coverage lately. The latest development is that Microsoft may be jumping > on the bandwagon if it can get a version of Windows XP to run on the XO > laptop. The "Microsoft Statement on Expanding Support for Low Cost Flash > Based Computing Devices" states: > > REDMOND, Wash. -- Dec. 5, 2007 -- As part of Microsoft Corp.'s > Unlimited Potential effort to bring the benefits of technology > to the next 5 billion people by transforming education, > fostering local innovation, and enabling jobs and opportunity, > Microsoft today announced plans to further expand flash-based > Windows XP support for low-cost hardware computing devices. > This builds on the success of similar support for devices such > as Intel Corporation's Classmate PC and ASUS' Eee PC, > complementing Unlimited Potential's focus on transforming > education in emerging segments. > > As part of this commitment, Microsoft plans to publish formal > design guidelines early next year that will assist flash-based > device manufacturers in designing machines that enable a high- > quality Windows experience. In addition, there will be limited > field trials in January 2008 of Windows XP for One Laptop per > Child's XO laptop. Microsoft's goal is to provide a high-quality > Windows experience on the XO device; if this is achieved, then > Windows XP for the XO could be available as early as the second > half of 2008. > > Mary Jo Foley, veteran Microsoft watcher, in her article "Microsoft > moves a step closer toward getting Windows on OLPCs", asks: > > What do you think the prospects are for Windows XP-based OLPC > systems? Will Microsoft be able -- and willing -- to undercut > Linux OLPCs on price (and will that be a bad thing, if poorer > nations end up with more, less-expensive computer choices? > > My question is: Why replace free with proprietary? > > Read the entire article at: > http://www.infoweapons.com/blog/?p=100 -- Dax Solomon Umaming http://knightlust.com/ GPG: 0x715C3547
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