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M$ to offer strip down version of its product for $3 in developing nations

when they strip out all the stuff that makes it useful, all that will be left are the bugs/security holes 😀
 
gkarris said:
I find it interesting that $100 laptops and stripped down versions of software is supposed to solve the world's problems of poverty and hunger...
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OLPC is a nice project to improve the education of African children, I support it with no reservation.

M$'s project is another issue which I don't think I know the whole truth yet.
 
clevin said:
OLPC is a nice project to improve the education of African children, I support it with no reservation.

M$'s project is another issue which I don't think I know the whole truth yet.
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One of our Pastors just got back from Africa - she showed us pics. I think they'd rather have food than laptops....🙁
 
gkarris said:
One of our Pastors just got back from Africa - she showed us pics. I think they'd rather have food than laptops....🙁
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lol, they need helps at all kinds of different levels, can't treat the whole society as a whole.🙂
 
iBecks said:
Thats still $2 more expensive than Vista is in China.

http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/...d_in_china.php
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true, if you assume all ppl there will not consider a legal product when its price is at acceptable level, $199 for Americans is like $1600 for them, while $3 for Americans is like $25 for them, I am sure most ppl (even in US, UK, etc) won't consider a copy of OS at $1600, but they sure like a legal copy at $25.
 
osx for free

i remember ooo probably 7-8 months ago Steve offered to install OSX on all of those laptops for no charge at all. I believe there was some argument about it being a proprietary OS and that they were going to stick with Red Hat or something. i think its kind of rediculous that they would not want a mainstream OS on those laptops. Granted linux is pretty stable, but OSX is used by 5% of the population (or whatever) Red Hat, less than 1%.
 
TheMasin9 said:
i remember ooo probably 7-8 months ago Steve offered to install OSX on all of those laptops for no charge at all. I believe there was some argument about it being a proprietary OS and that they were going to stick with Red Hat or something. i think its kind of rediculous that they would not want a mainstream OS on those laptops. Granted linux is pretty stable, but OSX is used by 5% of the population (or whatever) Red Hat, less than 1%.
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OLPC is a small laptop with everything built in. I don't think SJ was offering hardware, and its hard to imagine OSX would fit in a laptop as cheap as those, take a look
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