[FRIAM] Fwd: Bloglines - OLPC, Microsoft working on dual-boot Windows / Linux system

2008-01-09 Thread qef
Greetings, all -- FYI - Claiborne - ? Engadget Engadget OLPC, Microsoft working on dual-boot Windows / Linux system By Donald Melanson on windows Filed under: Laptops We already knew Microsoft was at

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Bloglines - OLPC, Microsoft working on dual-boot Windows / Linux system

2008-01-09 Thread Carl Tollander
The problem with a low memory machine that dual boots, is that there's this thing that you never use taking up precious space. For the XO folks right now, its about the bucks and hanging onto their core of open-source developers. (I bet they can get another $6M out of MS before they run into

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Bloglines - OLPC, Microsoft working on dual-boot Windows / Linux system

2008-01-09 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
Carl Tollander wrote: For the XO folks right now, its about the bucks and hanging onto their core of open-source developers. This would seem like a good opportunity for the Mono guys to step in and build a bridge between the open source and Windows camp (and for Microsoft to help). Here's