1,379 posts tagged XO
SubscribeXP meets XO: Will Linux get an equal shot?
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Microsoft, OLPC officially team up
http://motd.ambians.com/ news/ microsoft-olpc-officially-team-0The One Laptop Per Child project and Microsoft announced Thursday that indeed the XO laptop will be available in both Linux and Windows varieties.
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Microsoft and OLPC Agree To Put XP On the XO Laptop
http://soray2000.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 17/ microsoft-and-olpc-agree-to-put-xp…Apro+im points out a NYTimes report which states that Microsoft and the OLPC project have officially agreed to put Windows XP on the XO laptop. While Microsoft has been working toward this for some time, analysts began to think a deal was more likely after Walter Bender resigned from the project and was replaced by Charles Kane.
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OLPC and Microsoft will make Windows available on XO
http://motd.ambians.com/ news/ olpc-and-microsoft-will-make-windows-available-xoOriginally posted by JournalBot: The OLPC project has announced plans to make Microsoft's Windows XP operating system available to government buyers of the XO laptop.
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Year of the XO, part 1
http://www.halcyon.com/ arborhts/ mahlness/ 2008/ 05/ year-of-xo-part-1.htmlI imagine I will write more along these lines as the school year ends, hence the post title. I simply must, because of the impact these little green and white laptops have had in my classroom, and my life. When the school year started last September, nothing was further from my mind.
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Windows XP Now Available on OLPC XO Notebook
http://softpronews.com/ hardware-news/ windows-xp-now-available-on-olpc-xo-noteb…XO Windows XP trials to start in June The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Foundation has been pushing its XO notebooks in developing nations for a while now at a price of $188 per notebook. The XO has had some stiff competition in the market from competitors like the Classmate from Intel.
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A Contrarian View of Windows XP on OLPC XO Laptop
http://www.olpcnews.com/ software/ windows/ contrarian_view_of_windows_xo.htmlThere's a lot of discussion about whether OLPC is an education project, or a laptop project. Many folks here think that recent developments show that the balance is tipped to the latter rather than the former. It's neither. It's a sales project. If people don't buy them, it doesn't matter how pure our hearts are.
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One Laptop Per Child fails in its mission
http://forchildrenssake.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ one-laptop-per-child-fails-in-it…One Laptop Per Child fails in its mission This last Christmas, my daughter's grandpa purchased an XO for her. Operating in a Linux-based, open source environment has been confusing for me. I am an admitted Microsoft lemming. Bill Gates owns my object-oriented soul.
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OLPC, Microsoft Partner for XP on the XO
http://motd.ambians.com/ news/ olpc-microsoft-partner-xp-xoThe One Laptop Per Child Project has reached an agreement with Microsoft to offer Windows XP on the low-cost XO notebook computer.
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OLPC XO officially gets Windows XP, children of the world to be assimilated
http://www.journalhome.com/ internet/ 59215/ olpc-xo-officially-gets-windows-xp-…Filed under: Laptops It's been a controversial decision, but it looks like the OLPC XO has completed its transition from revolutionary education project to just another tiny Windows laptop with a useless keyboard -- albeit one with a pleasantly whimsical design.
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OLCP XO laptop will officially have Windows XP
http://www.slipperybrick.com/ 2008/ 05/ olpc-xo-laptop-windows-xp/After much speculation and concern Microsoft has put out official word that the OLPC XO laptop will be made available with the Windows XP operation system. Nicholas Negroponte has been trying to work with Bill Gates and Microsoft for years to get the Windows OS for the laptop, but Microsoft had been reluctant due to the rival Linux OS running on the machine.