__/ [ John Locke ] on Friday 04 May 2007 09:26 \__
> On Fri, 04 May 2007 00:25:14 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>OLPC project clarifies: no plans for Windows support
>>
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>>| According to Walter Bender, president of Software and Content at OLPC,
>>| there is no agreement in place between OLPC and Microsoft to offer XO
>>| laptops with any version of Windows. Bender also indicated that
>>| Microsoft has not contacted OLPC regarding its $3 software bundling
>>| program, nor have any governments requested that the XO be outfitted
>>| with Windows. In short, there is no existing collaboration between
>>| Microsoft and OLPC aimed at outfitting the XO laptop with Windows.
>
> Whoops..Linux market share just jumped up again. How about 300 million
> Chinese kids using Linux ? And then there's Africa.
Their goal/target was 1.2 billion, but it would take years. Momentum plays a
huge role because of cattle effect and declining production costs (another
inertia factor).
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