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Microsoft denies dual-boot Linux/Windows XO laptops are on its agendaPosted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on Jan 9, 2008 8:45 PM 64 comments
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A day after published reports quoting One Laptop Per Child Chief Nicholas Negroponte as saying OLPC XO laptops would dual boot Linux and Windows, Microsoft is denying that the company...[Read the rest]

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OLPCs to be dual-boot Linux/Windows machines? Why?
Nicholas Negroponte, head of the OLPC initiative, was quoted by Computerworld as saying Microsoft is working with the OLPC team on a dual-boot Windows XP/Linux XO laptop. Microsoft hasn't (yet)... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Jan 9, 2008 8:00 AM

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OLPC campaign nets $35 million; 100,000 units go to emerging markets
The One Laptop Per Child foundation said Monday that it raised $35 million from its Give One Get One campaign that just ended. The campaign, which ran from Nov. 12... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jan 7, 2008 9:47 AM

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OLPC responds to Intel breakup
The One Laptop Per Child Project and Intel broke up their relationship recently. Now it's the OLPC project's turn to speak. Nicholas Negroponte, head of the OLPC project, said the... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jan 4, 2008 1:50 PM

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The Intel/OLPC break-up - I'm surprised the marriage lasted as long as it did
So, Intel and the OLPC consortium have parted ways. I'm surprised that things stayed sweet for as long as they did. [Read the rest]
Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jan 4, 2008 5:58 AM

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Intel's OLPC pullout sets up XO vs Classmate PC duel
Intel's brief partnership with the One Laptop Per Child project has officially ended. According to multiple reports , mostly following The Wall Street Journal, Intel and OLPC head Nicholas Negroponte... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jan 4, 2008 2:27 AM

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Lessons learned: Two weeks with the XO laptop
Repeat after me. The XO laptop from the One Laptop Per Child project is designed for kids. Why bore yourself with that mantra? If you don't you may find... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jan 2, 2008 2:03 AM

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OLPC: the best designed notebook in the world
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is the best-designed notebook computer in the world. It just isn't designed for you. Get over it. Criticism of the OLPC centers on the... [Read the rest]
Posted by Robin Harris in Storage Bits on: Dec 19, 2007 12:55 PM

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Your XO laptop is about to land
The OLPC is shipping its XO laptops and some folks are already getting theirs. Earlier today, John Walicki, IBM's open client architect and Linux client deployment manager, noted to me... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Dec 18, 2007 1:57 PM

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I love Linux, but it's not going to save the world
I read an article on CNN a couple days ago about Linux and ewaste reduction. It wasn't until I spent far too long shoveling my driveway tonight, though, that I... [Read the rest]
Posted by Christopher Dawson in ZDNet Education on: Dec 13, 2007 10:04 PM

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Give a man a computer ...
At the end of his piece OLPC backlash continues, Chris Dawson asks his readers to "... explain how we can rationalize the opportunity costs of XO rollouts in OLPC’s target... [Read the rest]
Posted by Marc Wagner in ZDNet Education on: Dec 10, 2007 8:29 AM

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OLPC backlash continues
PC Magazine's John Dvorak is the latest to question the real value of One Laptop Per Child's distribution of XO laptops in developing countries. He brings up points that have... [Read the rest]
Posted by Christopher Dawson in ZDNet Education on: Dec 9, 2007 9:50 PM

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Will Windows 'XO' bear fruit for OLPC?
Just this morning, I read MSFT working on XP for XO and I wondered: Why? If the OLPC project has accomplished nothing else, it has made Microsoft (and Intel) stand... [Read the rest]
Posted by Marc Wagner in ZDNet Education on: Dec 6, 2007 12:27 PM

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XP on OLPC: Microsoft's gambit to stay in the emerging market conversation
Windows XP may come to the One Laptop Per Child project as Microsoft ports its operating system to flash-based devices such as Intel's Classmate PC, ASUS Eee PC and the... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Dec 6, 2007 6:30 AM

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Microsoft moves a step closer toward getting Windows on OLPCs
You're not alone if you've been confused as to whether the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) low-cost XO PCs will be able to run Windows or not. On December 5,... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Dec 5, 2007 4:10 PM

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New Intel architectures hold promise for a new crop of educational laptops
Ars Technica is featuring a piece on new chips from Intel specifically aimed at the low-cost, low-power consumption market, currently dominated by Intel's own Classmate, the OLPC XO, and the... [Read the rest]
Posted by Christopher Dawson in ZDNet Education on: Dec 3, 2007 9:09 PM

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And more from the OLPC front
Ivan Krstić posted an interesting piece on his involvement in the first OLPC rollout. Mr. Krstić is the director of security architecture for OLPC and is on a leave of... [Read the rest]
Posted by Christopher Dawson in ZDNet Education on: Dec 2, 2007 10:05 PM

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OLPC sees charitable and government orders
The Boston Globe is reporting that OLPC is selling hundreds of thousands of computers, driven both by a large government order from Peru (260,000 machines) as well as two successful... [Read the rest]
Posted by Christopher Dawson in ZDNet Education on: Dec 2, 2007 9:41 PM

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No XO for Negroponte: Nigerian developer sues One Laptop Per Child Foundation
At least one Nigerian is upset about the recently released XO, a low-cost Linux laptop designed by Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child Foundation for developing nations. Published reports... [Read the rest]
Posted by Paula Rooney in Linux and Open Source on: Nov 28, 2007 8:35 AM

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Bridging the digital divide
Last evening my colleague from K-12, Chris Dawson, wrote a piece about a new product called Twitter (see Anyone out there using Twitter in the classroom?) and frankly I am... [Read the rest]
Posted by Marc Wagner in ZDNet Education on: Nov 27, 2007 9:40 AM

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OLPC: How do we gauge success? Will 490,000 units do?
The One Laptop per Child project's "Give One, Get One" program has been extended through Dec. 31 as donations averaged about $2 million a day. On that pace, the OLPC... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Nov 26, 2007 1:00 AM

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