If MS wants to make a Windows to run on the Arm and the new OLPC, fine. If people want to install Windows on an OLPC, fine. But why is Negreponte and the OLPC project "urging" for this? They have gone from an organization with one of their stated goals being the promoting of freedom to now urging for unfreedom."Like many, we are urging Microsoft to make Windows -- not Windows Mobile -- available on the Arm. This is a complex question for them," Negroponte said.
OLPC is in talks with Microsoft to develop a version of a full Windows OS for XO-2, Negroponte said.
Negroponte urging Microsoft to make Windows available on Arm
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Negroponte urging Microsoft to make Windows available on Arm
http://www.pcworld.com/article/161112/o ... n_xo2.html
Re: Negroponte urging Microsoft to make Windows available on Arm
Yeah, I don't understand that goal. What is the point of them urging MS to port Windows to ARM? If that is what they want why even bother with Linux at all?
Is this one of those ploys where they use Linux to get the technology off the ground and then abandon it before it even has a chance of taking off? Very disappointing. Next they'll be going after porting OS X to the arm. Hey, developers need to eat!
Is this one of those ploys where they use Linux to get the technology off the ground and then abandon it before it even has a chance of taking off? Very disappointing. Next they'll be going after porting OS X to the arm. Hey, developers need to eat!
Re: Negroponte urging Microsoft to make Windows available on Arm
Just something else to help linux look even better. On the plus side, maybe some of the people let go could get their jobs back to work on such a project.