On Thursday 19 April 2007 15:47 William Poaster wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:41:24 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> __/ [ [H]omer ] on Thursday 19 April 2007 13:16 \__
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>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Gordon spake thusly:
>>>
>>>> Microsoft is obviously running VERY scared at the moment, it's going to
>>>> sell windows for as little as US$3 in an attempt to double it's user
>>>> base...
>>>>
>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6571139.stm
>>>
>>> This isn't news, Microsoft have been trying to muscle in on the OLPC
>>> project since it started.
>>>
>>> They can easily give away the software (Windows is worthless anyway) but
>>> they'll have a very hard time competing with $100 hardware, especially
>>> if they intend to ship Vista on these anti-OLPC machines. I doubt very
>>> much if the monstrous Vista would even run on anything under $500 worth
>>> of portable hardware.
>>>
>>> They will try nonetheless, since that's what greedy monopolists do.
>>
ARGHH!
Sorry - should have read yours before posting!
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