Let's get clear on what the Windows XO will be. It's going to run Windows CE, not XP or Vista, which can't possibly fit. It could use LinuxBIOS, of course, but why would Microsoft want to do that? Oh, of course, if somebody wants to license a proprietary BIOS to them, maybe Microsoft wouldn't want to do that for a $3 sale. But on the third hand, maybe Microsoft already owns a proprietary BIOS, and would prefer that.
I see every indication that Negroponte will continue to sell the Linux version hard, and mention the Windows version to governments only for form's sake, or if they specifically ask. For example, OLPC is putting all of its resources into the Linux version (including contributions of money and time from Red Hat, Google, and others), but letting Microsoft do all its own lifting. Microsoft and the Gates Foundation can do what they like to present their case for spending extra money in order to get locked into proprietary software, to countries where people live on $1/day or less. Of course. Who are we, or OLPC, to say them nay? But the governments get to register their own opinions here. I can't imagine President Lula in Brazil or President Kagame in Rwanda buying from Microsoft. Some minister in Thailand was talking about going with Microsoft after the coup, so who knows? See also Slashdot, http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/28/0658206&from=rss On 5/2/07, MARTIN WOODHOUSE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all LinuxBIOS lads and lasses, > > well, that's The Wonderful World Of Computing for you ! > > regards, respect and love, > > Martin Woodhouse www.martin-woodhouse.co.uk > > * * * > > Even if they use LinuxBIOS I don't think they will produce anything ready to > be shipped with linuxBIOS and ported for different architectures. So I guess > I still have a lot of work for GSoC :). > > > > > > On 5/2/07, Quux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > from what I understand they try to get MS into the boat. For cost > > reasons LinuxBIOS will still be choice #1. --Q > > > > > > Myles Watson schrieb: > > > The Register is reporting that OLPC is going to produce a version that > boots > > > windows. Does anyone know how they are planning to do it? Are they > still > > > going to use LinuxBIOS? Will it affect the Google Summer of Code > project? No, Microsoft is producing the Windows version to run on OLPC hardware. GSoC is unaffected. -- Edward Cherlin Earth Treasury: End Poverty at a Profit http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Earth_Treasury WIRE AFRICA http//www.wireafrica.org/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/cherlin _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@laptop.org http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
