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On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 16:01 +0000, Aaron Trevena wrote: > 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 Perhaps you could be put some comments on the BBC website rather than here ? I still think that it is great PR for Linux and the opportunity shouldn't be wasted. > -- 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