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Perhaps alienating Microsoft is good.
Maybe the folks at OLPC intended to alienate MS. Companies dealing with MS often find themselves bullied into actions that only benefit MS. I surely wouldn't want to answer to Bill and Steve. Especially Steve.

From MS's standpoint, in developing countries, they would rather have Windows in front of the masses for little or nothing as opposed to not having exposure at all. Putting Windows on the OLPC machine can only be good for MS. Unless of course their OS is such a bloated monster that it won't run efficiently on the laptop. Personally I suspect this to be the case.

Lastly, if Bill is trying to be the great philanthropist he purports to be, wouldn't he want to help those who benefit most from the OLPC - less fortunate kids?
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Interesting to say who is alienating whom  BanjoPaterson | 01/10/08
Perhaps alienating Microsoft is good.  bjbrock | 01/10/08
Message has been deleted.  nasalnerd@... | 01/10/08
Message has been deleted.  BFD | 01/10/08
Message has been deleted.  drprod@... | 01/10/08
When will the madness end?  Dark_Knight | 01/10/08
Um...  DarkPhoenixFF4 | 01/10/08
Kids need more than that . . .  gsteele531@... | 01/10/08
You're not the target  DarkPhoenixFF4 | 01/10/08
Doesn't matter  gsteele531@... | 01/11/08
OLPC wants to get the dual-boot message out  sinleeh@... | 01/10/08
Again, Negropronte is a good chess player. He is making sure that everybody  DonnieBoy | 01/10/08
Buwahahahahaha  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/10/08
How's That DRM Story Coming Chicken Bitty?  itanalyst | 01/10/08
No story child, non DRM sites are failing  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/10/08
If MS and Intel want to pee all overthemselve about this there is not much  DonnieBoy | 01/10/08
About as Sorry as I Feel for The Traitor Bush  drprod@... | 01/10/08
Should we feel sorry for Negropronte?  GuidingLight | 01/10/08
Well, it seems like some companies might care about getting computers into  DonnieBoy | 01/10/08
You are dreaming  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/10/08
Funny that Intel and MS are interested in destroying a company in a market  DonnieBoy | 01/10/08
Ax...  DarkPhoenixFF4 | 01/10/08
No free lunch for Microsoft  AySz88 | 01/10/08
No one said major OLPC player  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/10/08
And every project, no matter how big or how small must involve  DonnieBoy | 01/10/08
Major players?  green alien | 01/10/08
Yes, they (MS Intel) are the biggest players  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/10/08
Right, never compete with MS or Intel or they will punish you. How great  DonnieBoy | 01/10/08
Message has been deleted.  BFD | 01/10/08
Message has been deleted.  DonnieBoy | 01/10/08
Message has been deleted.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/10/08
Glad you can ignore the article and go straight to bashing  JamesDoyle | 01/15/08
RE: Microsoft denies dual-boot Linux/Windows XO laptops are on its agenda  Farrell.McGovern | 01/10/08
Dual boot, or not dual boot...  Mitch 74 | 01/10/08
Would be better if they worked on the user experience  Lfraz | 01/10/08
Any dual boot work would be done by MS. OLPC would only provide the  DonnieBoy | 01/10/08
Again, please  BFD | 01/10/08
Then, it should be VERY easy for you to describe how one thing I said was  DonnieBoy | 01/10/08
RE:"And, kids do NOT need..."  laura.b | 01/10/08
Well, the OLPC group DID know that a lot of places did NOT have electricity  DonnieBoy | 01/10/08
I don't get it  Chad_z | 01/10/08
RE: Microsoft denies dual-boot Linux/Windows XO laptops are on its agenda  mwagner@... | 01/10/08
No, this is just Microsoft and Intel trying to destroy OLPC and blame it on  DonnieBoy | 01/10/08
OOOOO  BFD | 01/10/08
Well, if the OLPC project is going to fail anyway, why are MS and Intel  DonnieBoy | 01/10/08
Oh yeah, Pretty "clever" of Negropronte  GuidingLight | 01/10/08
Hard to say what MS will do. They are trying to figure out the best way to  DonnieBoy | 01/10/08
How do they lose?  TheWerewolf | 01/10/08
Well, they why doesn't MS just step aside and let OLPC operate???  DonnieBoy | 01/10/08
wow you are dense  JamesDoyle | 01/15/08
Grub and Lilo boot-managers does the job with just about  hkommedal | 01/15/08
SD-Card Boot = "Dual" Boot?  orcmid | 01/10/08
Uh, it's James Utzschneider at MSFT  orcmid | 01/10/08
Hmm..So Once Again ZDNet Reports FUD...  itanalyst | 01/10/08
Message has been deleted.  nasalnerd@... | 01/10/08
Message has been deleted.  FooBarBar | 01/10/08
Afraid of the competition are we?  mikifinaz1@... | 01/10/08
Talk about agenda...  TheWerewolf | 01/10/08
Actually...  DarkPhoenixFF4 | 01/10/08
Hit the nail smack on the head!  Ole Man | 01/11/08
The Agenda fulfilled  Boot_Agnostic | 01/11/08
First attack the idea then the person  rtb | 01/10/08
Humm .. Can I get a straight answer  rick@... | 01/10/08
Calm down Negroponte  John Musbach | 01/10/08
Wrong person  DarkPhoenixFF4 | 01/10/08
Why can't we have it all?  marinusvz@... | 01/10/08
Right  gitmo | 01/11/08

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