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OLPC, Microsoft Working Toward Dual-Boot XO Laptops

Posted by timothy on from the what-about-vista-and-sugar-dual-boot dept.

Ian Lamont writes "The OLPC Project and Microsoft are developing a dual-boot system to put both Linux and Windows on the laptops, according to an interview with Nicholas Negroponte. The article is thin on details, as the OLPC/Microsoft talks are apparently at an early stage. Could this be the end of the OS wars in Nigeria and other developing countries?" While Microsoft has been working on an OLPC-capable version of Windows for some time now, the interesting thing here is the dual-booting provision, rather than forcing users into an either-or choice.

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  1. Re:Um.. . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes, I'm sure buhobba in East Gawanga is more worried about whether he gets Linux or Windows on his 64mb crapbook than wether or not he will get food, forced into military service, or be killed. When will people learn that only a few people really care about Linux? Linux is in the same category as the greenpeace people who worry about the extinction of the Ucombian white horn snake. But that's fine. Keep your head in the sand and proclaim this is the year of Linux over and over again. That way nothing will ever happen.

  2. Think ... by foobsr · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    1. Establish a charity-project to secure good-will from a variety of sources. Use 'open-source' flag as a catch for the proper targets.
    2. Exploit good-will
    3. Collect marketing intelligence while on the way
    4. Fork for profit businesses as you go along
    5. Discard 'open-source' if profits are in sight
    6. Start collecting ROI

    CC.

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