From: bernie Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 03:46:15 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Edit page blog/2009/08 X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1bdb6b41d3ba1d6084959679149c452ebf0360c5;p=wiki.git Edit page blog/2009/08 --- diff --git a/blog/2009/08 b/blog/2009/08 index c74f56c..ac1aa8b 100644 --- a/blog/2009/08 +++ b/blog/2009/08 @@ -9,14 +9,15 @@ The [[http://windows7sins.org|Windows 7 Sins]] campaing mentions the pressure put by [[Microsoft]] on [[OLPC]] to switch to Windows as one of the sins. Many of my OLPC and [[SugarLabs]] friends were offended by this association and pointed out a few factual mistakes. Contrary to what [[NicholasNegroponte]] -had announced to the press multiple times, so far only a tiny (unspecified) +had announced to the press in multiple occasions, so far only a tiny (unspecified) fraction of laptops shipped by OLPC were actually preloaded with Windows. According to internal OLPC sources, there are no plans for [[Windows7]]. Moreover, the announced [[XO2]] will be ARM based, which undermines Microsoft's ability to run any version of Windows except for the -[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_CE|CE family]] crapware. +[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_CE|CE family]] crapware that was rejected +even by the mobile market. -The FSF has now corrected the windows7sins web site, but we are left wondering +The FSF has now corrected the campaign web site, but we are left wondering what's actually going on between Microsoft and OLPC; why would Negroponte tell the press that OLPC is shipping Windows when in fact it's not and when their roadmap would make that highly unlikely?