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Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:18:55 +0000

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By: Hal

Hal — Sat, 10 May 2008 01:04:55 +0000

So users dislike the User Interface (aka Sugar, OLPC User Interface project used instead of the existing Open Source alternatives, KDE, GNOME, Englightenment, etc.)
To solve this, keep the disliked-by-users Sugar as the UI but make it run on XP instead of linux.
Is the reporting bad? Is Negroponte really this silly? Is this contemptuously transparent false reasoning to cover something? Is this something else?
There is another massive cost of moving to XP, not many will care to work for no money to advance the interests of a large, closed software company.
All very odd indeed, let’s hope for mis-reporting.
(By the way, why did I have to submit this 3 times because my “token timed out”?)

By: Zaine Ridling

Zaine Ridling — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:55:39 +0000

Negroponte’s missing the entire point of OLPC — it’s the connectivity, stupid. Not the OS. The one device on the planet where the OS should be transparent to its function is OLPC, but instead, Microsoft had to stick its nose under the tent and now suddenly, XP has to win a trophy, too.

Jeebus.

By: Voice Ofreason

Voice Ofreason — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:11:16 +0000

Who has ever come up with the idea that the free software platform can be substituted by Windows? Who is the person behind this unexpected decision? I think it is a trickery of biblical proportions to bamboozle the inferior, undevelopable technology upon kid minds of the next generation.
Why RH digging its own grave?
Is MS expecting kids to have credit cards to upgrade those laptops?
Please don’t make a travesty out of this project after so many years of collective effort.
Are we blind?

By: Lucas

Lucas — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:20:34 +0000

I use flash just fine. Adobe supports linux with all of its updates.