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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, > The article does mention two USB ports specifically to extend the capabilities of the base unit. Kind regards, Julian -- 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