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No Windows (Officially) On OLPC

Posted by kdawson on from the thinking-of-the-children dept.

Kadin2048 writes "Despite reports last week in major news sources indicating that the One Laptop Per Child project was in negotiations with Microsoft to bring Windows XP to the low-cost platform, Walter Bender, president of Software and Content at OLPC, said in an interview with Ars Technica, 'We are a free and open-source shop. We have no one from OLPC working with Microsoft on developing a Windows platform for the XO.'"

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  1. Heh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    If there's one thing you can believe coming from the OLPC people, it's when they acknowledge that they don't have something!

  2. 3 bucks? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

    I'm sure Microsoft did contact them, and asked for $50 in licensing fees per unit to ship it with Windows Vista Crippled Edition Ultimate, so Bender told them to bite his shiny ass.
  3. Re:Makes a lot of the previous comments by spencer4554 · · Score: 5, Funny

    MS is at the root of all evils in the world. You look silly for not seeing the big picture here.

  4. Think about the children! by CdrGlork · · Score: 2, Funny

    But everyone knows having a Windows OS teaches a child invaluable lessons in stress management!

  5. Re:Reasons for hardware upgrades by Locutus · · Score: 2, Funny

    point taken, it's Flash not all caps. I'll use EEPROM instead. ;-)

    LoB

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