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On 02/01/07, David Johnson <dj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tuesday 02 January 2007 15:12, Julian Hall wrote: > > One in the eye for Gates, and great PR for the open source community. > > > > Not really. They added a card reader to the laptop specifically so that > Microsoft could get it to run Windows, thus increasing the production cost > per unit without regard for the fact that it means the third-world will be > getting fewer laptops for their money. > > http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2170209/microsoft-looking-windows-olpc On the other hand, ignoring windows, it could make them more useful and therefore more popular and helpful. 512MB total storage does seem rather a little, I have linux virtual servers in 2 or 4GB of space, so that extra space would allow a full development environment, more applications, more data, etc. Not being able to extend the resources of the laptop would seem short sighted, but it depends if the goal is to get a child started, doing basics on a computer for a couple of years and then hand it back so somebody else can use it, or if it's to really empower them to learn programming and invest in learning useful skills. A. -- http://www.aarontrevena.co.uk LAMP System Integration, Development and Hosting -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html