I believe i saw them do this befor already on a third world offered laptop. Rob
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Kiggundu Mukasa
Sent: Fri 12/7/2007 11:18 AM
To: Linux Users Group Ug. Group Ug.
Subject: [LUG] Microsoft wants One Laptop Per Child system to run Windows XP
Microsoft has asked the designers of a low-cost Linux laptop intended for
children in developing nations to redesign the system so it can accommodate
its Windows XP operating system.
In a move sure to provoke controversy, Microsoft wants the designers of the
XO laptop, available through a non-profit initiative called One Laptop Per
Child, to add a port through which the storage capacity required by Windows
XP can be added to the system.
The XO currently runs on a Red Hat Linux operating system. Making the laptop
compatible with XP would give students in poor countries access to "tens of
thousands of existing educational applications written for Windows," said
James Utzschneider, a Microsoft general manager, in a blog post Wednesday.
Utzschneider says a shrunken version of Windows XP could potentially run on 2
Gbytes of flash memory. The XO, however, can only hold 1 Gbyte. As a result,
Microsoft wants the XO's designers to add a slot through which more memory
can be added via a secure digital (SD) card, Utzschneider said.
"We asked the OLPC to add a slot for an internal SD card that will provide
the 2 Gbytes of extra memory," Utzschneider wrote. It was not immediately
clear if the OLPC has responded to Microsoft's request..................
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