The Laptop That Could Change the World
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| What remains to be seen is whether either OLPC itself or its competitors can
| get the laptops into the hands of students worldwide. Like other game
| changers and version 1.0 products, mass adoption will be the key to the
| success of the "cheap educational laptop."
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| While the XO-1 is attractive and totally kid-friendly, it's ultimately up to
| the bureaucrats in the target countries to choose which platform to use.
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They compain that it doesn't run Apple and Microsoft programs ("store-bought
Windows or Mac OS programs"). Is this an issue for children in Peru? Faux News
knows what's good for everyone (its advertisers and friends): Intel and
Microsoft.
Related:
Dvorak: Windows Vista Solves Nothing
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| PC users have traditionally preferred the steak over the sizzle.
| So what happens now?
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| We start by playing with Vista and listening to the inevitable
| complaints and praises. But this OS is not designed to be a good
| candidate for upgrading older systems. This is something of a
| new phenomenon.
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| Thus, people about to phase out old machines might be a
| little more experimental. And that means trying Linux.
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Windows Vista's 'Mac'-Ness Might Open Door for Linux Takeover
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| The timing couldn't be better, but there are bound to be numerous
| shake-outs and a few collapses. And Microsoft looks vulnerable, too.
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| The most important event is the formation of the Linux Foundation.
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