Comments on: OLPC: It’s about the Kids, not Open Source http://practical-tech.com/infrastructure/olpc-its-about-the-kids-not-open-source/ for practical people. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:56:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: pogson http://practical-tech.com/infrastructure/olpc-its-about-the-kids-not-open-source/comment-page-1/#comment-20 pogson Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:54:37 +0000 http://practical-tech.com/?p=173#comment-20 "Sugar needs a wider basis, to run on more Linux platforms and to run under Windows. We have been engaged in discussions with Microsoft for several months, to explore a dual boot version of the XO." Why? Running that other OS does not allow OLPC to reach one more child, one more village, or one more home. All it does is prop up the monooply. OLPC works as it is. Adding XP or whatever to it just takes more resources. “Sugar needs a wider basis, to run on more Linux platforms and to run under Windows. We have been engaged in discussions with Microsoft for several months, to explore a dual boot version of the XO.”

Why? Running that other OS does not allow OLPC to reach one more child, one more village, or one more home. All it does is prop up the monooply. OLPC works as it is. Adding XP or whatever to it just takes more resources.

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