Microsoft and OLPC Agree To Put XP On the XO Laptop

Apro+im points out a NYTimes report which states that Microsoft and the OLPC project have officially agreed to put Windows XP on the XO laptop. While Microsoft has been working toward this for some time, analysts began to think a deal was more likely after Walter Bender resigned from the project and was replaced by Charles Kane. Former OLPC security developer Ivan Krstic had a lot to say about Windows on the XO as well. From the Times: "Windows will add a bit to the price of the machines, about $3, the licensing fee Microsoft charges to some developing nations under a program called Unlimited Potential. For those nations that want dual-boot models, running both Windows and Linux, the extra hardware required will add another $7 or so to the cost of the machines, Mr. Negroponte said. The project's agreement with Microsoft involves no payment by the software giant, and Microsoft will not join One Laptop Per Child's board. 'We've stayed very pure,' Mr. Negroponte said.

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Re:XO has been assimilated

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Nah. It'll be ~8-10% higher against the Euro within a year or so (maybe two).

The European central bank needs to lower interest rates, if they don't, American companies will start demolishing European companies in world markets (well, if you accept "getting a lot more of the new business" as demolishing). That will drive the relative valuation in favor of the dollar. If they don't lower interest rates, European business will slow down, giving American business a little room to breath, helping the American export economy, which will strengthen the dollar.

If the entire US economy is a fantasy, then my interpretation is wrong, but I'm pretty sure that the majority of the US economy is not a fantasy.