More on OLPC

*Microsoft about to join the OLPC program?

*http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/334/C14281/*

*Talk about strange bedfellows, but it would be a PR win for MSFT.
However -- how could they run Windows on an XO without a full BIOS?
Mr. Negroponte would have to back off from having a fully open source
BIOS to make this happen, I'm guessing, not to mention backing off
from the open source OS and apps....
Quote
"The word is that OLPC and Microsoft are now working very closely together
to develop a dual-boot Windows/Linux system for the laptop. There are even
reports that Mr. Negroponte, the man behind the OLPC program, has said that
Windows is both successful and fast on the charming green machines. This
move makes sense on several levels. " - Unquote


On Jan 7, 2008 7:35 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Ego clashes perhaps.
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> Venky
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> On Jan 6, 2008 11:12 PM, Venkat Mangudi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Intel pulls out of OLPC. Why?
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> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7171201.stm
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