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Because MS Learned with Vista
Microsoft learned a valuable lesson with Vista. They need a new, LOW RESOURCE OS, for the future of mobile platforms. Have embeded Windows on devices vs linux. The OLPC is the perfect excuse to develop this OS whit massive PR boost. Besides most of todays computing is done on Winboxes, and it is a hard to sell a computer that can't do windows, even though it is not necessary for anything. This is pure sales for OLPC, and PR for MS. They need this OS anyway.
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Microsoft not using Vista ????  mrOSX | 01/09/08
lofl  Jack-Booted EULA | 01/09/08
Because MS Learned with Vista  farg9987 | 01/09/08
windows software is all ready on a lot of embedded devices.  SO.CAL Guy | 01/09/08
Huh?  DarkPhoenixFF4 | 01/09/08
RE: OLPCs to be dual-boot Linux/Windows machines? Why?  justthinking | 01/09/08
It's the US market  TripleII | 01/09/08
vista basic runs great on low end hardware faster than  SO.CAL Guy | 01/09/08
If that were true, then MS would be porting Vista to the XO.  DonnieBoy | 01/09/08
Who's to say they aren't already?  JDThompson | 01/09/08
They're Not  DarkPhoenixFF4 | 01/09/08
Vista and OLPC  Mary Jo Foley ZDNet Moderator | 01/09/08
Hardening XP  TripleII | 01/09/08
Still, kind of funny that the only thing MS can use is a 6 year old OS,  DonnieBoy | 01/09/08
Why? OLPC HW is six year "old" technology.  ye | 01/09/08
Actually...  DarkPhoenixFF4 | 01/09/08
Please define "full distribution".  ye | 01/09/08
result of a slow OS not a slow PC  brokndodge@... | 01/09/08
BINGO!  ye | 01/09/08
not stripped... streamlined!  brokndodge@... | 01/09/08
What's the difference between "streamlined" and "stripped down"?  ye | 01/09/08
Difference  DarkPhoenixFF4 | 01/09/08
XP minimums are not enough to run a current version of...  ye | 01/10/08
Definition  DarkPhoenixFF4 | 01/09/08
IOW strip it down to increase speed.  ye | 01/10/08
The OLPC is a cutting edge design, but, it was optimized for power use and  DonnieBoy | 01/09/08
Which full distribution is it? (nt)  ye | 01/09/08
It is a modified version of Fedora using a special Window manager and GUI  DonnieBoy | 01/10/08
Key word: Modified.  ye | 01/10/08
Answer Me This Mary  itanalyst | 01/09/08
Answer me this itanalyst  itpro_z | 01/09/08
It's not. He just likes to talk the talk.  ye | 01/09/08
Nothing wrong with profit  DarkPhoenixFF4 | 01/09/08
huge profits?  brokndodge@... | 01/09/08
"The end of an era..."  itpro_z | 01/09/08
...  DarkPhoenixFF4 | 01/10/08
Message has been deleted.  itanalyst | 01/09/08
Read My Post At The Bottom "Best Post"  itanalyst | 01/09/08
The question was valid.  itpro_z | 01/09/08
something is missing here  Linux Geek | 01/09/08
RE: OLPCs to be dual-boot Linux/Windows machines? Why?  DannyO_0x98 | 01/09/08
Why Not?  sinleeh@... | 01/09/08
Still, almost any Windows program would need to be re-written for the form  DonnieBoy | 01/09/08
True  sinleeh@... | 01/09/08
It would be there and that's better for MS than not there  Boot_Agnostic | 01/09/08
Do you run Vista???  farg9987 | 01/09/08
I agree with you on that...  mrOSX | 01/09/08
re: Do you run Vista???  M.R. Kennedy | 01/09/08
You have to realize ...  farg9987 | 01/09/08
I haven't notice much difference either  voska1 | 01/09/08
Yes, I do  itpro_z | 01/09/08
Whaaa?  mswift@... | 01/09/08
Money  srobtjones@... | 01/09/08
A very interesting chess game going on here. The ONLY reason MS is in this  DonnieBoy | 01/09/08
*Yawn*  GuidingLight | 01/09/08
Right, kind of funny you could not even describe how ONE thing I said was  DonnieBoy | 01/09/08
Actually,  Chustar | 01/09/08
Actaully, he claimed I have a bias, he did not even try to give one example  DonnieBoy | 01/09/08
The examples are in your past submissions.  joethemacfan | 01/09/08
Still, he gave NO example or argument for why anything I said is wrong.  DonnieBoy | 01/10/08
Right?  thungurknifur | 01/10/08
EXACTLY DONNIE  itanalyst | 01/09/08
the $3 solution  mswift@... | 01/09/08
windows xp on OLPC  ThinkFair | 01/09/08
Very true. It would also be good if the XO could just boot from the network  DonnieBoy | 01/09/08
Except ...  farg9987 | 01/09/08
Right, it would ONLY be for locations that had a school server with  DonnieBoy | 01/09/08
re Right, it would ONLY be for locations that had a school server  M.R. Kennedy | 01/09/08
These are not just for Villages in the middle of Africa with no electricity  DonnieBoy | 01/09/08
school server vs. school sewer  woftbo@... | 01/09/08
Come on, there are plenty of places that have sewers and other  DonnieBoy | 01/09/08
Where do the dots connect?  orcmid | 01/09/08
Yeah, "why" is the right question...  techboy_z | 01/09/08
Horsepower?  voska1 | 01/09/08
Smell the fear  whisperycat | 01/09/08
RE: OLPCs to be dual-boot Linux/Windows machines? Why?  andrew@... | 01/09/08
OLPC market will skip laptops, straight to mobile  andrew@... | 01/09/08
Intresting idea...  Heatlesssun1 | 01/09/08
mobile works better for BOP actual use  andrew@... | 01/09/08
Best Response To This So Far  itanalyst | 01/09/08
MS bootloader will boot linux  brokndodge@... | 01/09/08
Grub is far better...  DarkPhoenixFF4 | 01/09/08
Grub and Windows  kwsjr82 | 01/10/08
Response  DarkPhoenixFF4 | 01/10/08
This is your best?  itpro_z | 01/09/08
Shut Up, Fool  itanalyst | 01/09/08
Wrong  DarkPhoenixFF4 | 01/10/08
Hmmm...  kwsjr82 | 01/10/08
Big project to develop code  Louis.Ross@... | 01/10/08
RE: OLPCs to be dual-boot Linux/Windows machines? Why?  woftbo@... | 01/09/08
IMHO, Negroponte is a whiny media pig  DaffyDuck | 01/09/08
OLPC + Asus  Windows Defender | 01/09/08
Why, indeed.  seanferd | 01/09/08
Why replace free with proprietary?  mannyamador | 01/10/08
OLPC doesn't need a Microsoft endorsement. (nt)  wessonjoe | 01/11/08

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