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Wintel is a bit - well, 'legacy'
Those kids that get XP rather than OSS olpcs will miss out on the rather more interesting experience. Certainly, for learning about computing, XP can hardly be regarded as an honest opportunity.
Agree about editing and recompiling software though - it luckily isn't needed TOO often!. Reminds me of the British motorcyle manufacturers during the forties and fifties, who thought that the average owner ENJOYED taking their engine apart on Sundays trying to make it run well and oil-tight.
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Wintel is a bit - well, 'legacy'  peter_erskine@... | 05/20/08
That's a lot of money for hibernate/suspend....  pjotr123 | 05/20/08
Would not argue with a thing you said.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/08
One of Murph's better takes  klumper | 05/20/08
At least it is better  cruggeld | 05/20/08
You can't learn anything???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/08
NegroPUNTee  Roger Ramjet | 05/20/08
Ummm, no  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/08
Well...not really  TtfnJohn | 05/20/08
Are these kids the ones who will be purchasing these computers?  Ole Man | 05/20/08
Sadly, none of that's true  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 05/20/08
Not from Negroponte's point of view  TtfnJohn | 05/20/08
"Know where "aid" like this ends up? in the hands of the already rich"  Ole Man | 05/20/08
Bill Gates's philanthropy  Anton Philidor | 05/20/08
I see what you mean  Ole Man | 05/20/08
Nice find!  Linux User 147560 | 05/20/08
Story is a demand the foundation...  Anton Philidor | 05/21/08
I'm sure the readers here  Ole Man | 05/23/08
Good point re: #2  Mark Miller | 05/20/08
Negroponte might still get the last laugh. This all may have been carefully  DonnieBoy | 05/20/08
Quite shocking...  techboy_z | 05/20/08
RE: RIP OLPC  Loverock Davidson | 05/20/08
"the OLPC failed"  Ole Man | 05/20/08
RE: RIP OLPC  Richard B | 05/20/08
Yes, unintended consequences are the main consequences  Anton Philidor | 05/20/08
"we in the first world do not have a clue what the third would really needs  Ole Man | 05/20/08
OLPC stupid if you live in bizarro XP world  savagesteve13 | 05/20/08
As Bill Gates said...  Anton Philidor | 05/20/08
That aint all Bill Gates said.....  Ole Man | 05/20/08
RE: RIP OLPC  eb276 | 05/20/08
Sugar implements a limited subset of lifestreams  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 05/20/08
Show of Hands, who tried Sugar?  TripleII | 05/20/08
ultra low end business desktop???  Mark Miller | 05/20/08
All over the web.  TripleII | 05/20/08
I downloaded and installed Sugar, too  Ole Man | 05/23/08
Lifestreams  eb276 | 05/21/08
I think you missed the point  Mark Miller | 05/20/08
God another mac fanboi  tonymcs@... | 05/20/08
Shifting gears  klumper | 05/20/08
LOL  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 05/21/08
You know, you can spout FUD till the cows come home.  TripleII | 05/20/08
"... ultra low end business laptops ..."  Anton Philidor | 05/21/08
What's his motivation?  Mark Miller | 05/21/08
After reading up on the criticism...  Mark Miller | 05/21/08

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