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Negroponte Says Windows 'Runs Well' On XO Laptop

Posted by Soulskill on from the set-the-hook-and-reel-them-in dept.

Stony Stevenson alerts us to comments from OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte indicating his approval of Windows' performance on the XO laptop. Negroponte said in an email, "Sugar needs a wider basis, to run on more Linux platforms and to run under Windows." The full email is available at OLPC News. He was also quoted by the Associated Press as saying that Sugar "didn't have a software architect who did it in a crisp way," and cited the lack of Flash as an example. Negroponte continued, "There are several examples like that, that we have to address without worrying about the fundamentalism in some of the open-source community. One can be an open-source advocate without being an open-source fundamentalist."

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  1. Re:Poor software design??? by tknd · · Score: 0, Troll

    Are you trying to make us believe that because a student attends MIT that they are a good software architect?

  2. Re:Fartknocker by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    oh come one dude.... use your imagination..... fartknocker... fudgepacker... pillow biter... mandater... And for all you Star Wars fanatics.... Man Holo... Luke GuyStalker... Princess Gaya...

    well that's over with....

  3. Re:News Site? Large Grain of Salt on Order. by willyhill · · Score: 0, Troll

    Be aware that "westbake", who replied to you, is a sockpuppet account of the OP, twitter.

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    The twitter monologues. Click on my homepage and be amazed.
  4. Re:Isn't Microsoft out to destory OLPC? by LingNoi · · Score: 0, Troll

    Microsoft paid Thailand to stop taking Linux laptops and instead take a crippled Windows XP.
    Afraid you're talking BS there. The reason the Thai Government stopped the purchase of the OLPC was because they were thrown out of government.

    All spending projects were stopped and all actions from the previous government were reversed as they were very corrupt. The OLPC got cut simply because the Thai government couldn't afford it. The new guy was an idiot and had to be told what Open Source was after making his stupid speech about how "open source is bad and how Thailand could do better".

    Now there WAS a meeting with the new mister of Technology with Microsoft in the first week after he took office but I doubt it has anything to do with the OLPC and more to do with trade negotiations with the new government and what's going to change in their country that would effect MS.

    The stupid thing is it's been more then one year after the old government were forced out of office by gun point. You know what happened? THEY VOTED THEM BACK IN! FFS idiots..

    No conspiracy, pure facts
    lol, you know what? I'm glad they didn't buy the OLPC. You know why? Because now maybe they'll buy some damn pumps so it doesn't flood during raining season.