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another great idea on paper
Over at TechCrunch, Mike Arrington comments on the recent announcement that the One Laptop Per Child program now includes a version with a stripped-down edition of Windows, in addition to the (always and absolutely free) Linux distribution. Talk of a “dual-boot” system in the works is cringe-worthy: seriously, kids in places with infrequent electricity are going to be doing bootstrap fine-tuning?
As Arrington suggests, the key here is to remember that “The last thing Microsoft wants is for anyone who’s computer literate to think that a world without Microsoft Windows is possible.” (TechCrunch, Poor Children Of The World No Longer Will Have To Struggle With Linux)
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I -hate- Linux. I always thought it was an act of cruelty to give it to poor children. Haven’t they suffered enough!?
I was SOOOO tempted to donate $200 to the OLOC program back when your “donation” included the same laptop for your own child. I mean, c’mon, they built a laptop designed to be durable with kids! How cool is that?! Especially in a house with four boys. . .
I think the OLPC deal where you can send one / get one is still good? Anyway, it was a good idea.
The OLPC concept is intriguing. It has major issues; they already ended up creating a grey market in Nigeria, for instance.
The Linux distro on these was a custom-built cutting of the rock-solid Ubuntu flavor, seamless stuff for a “thin client” system. Really a first-rate concept (it’s called gOS, and I’m seriously tinkering with getting a system running using it myself). There’s nothing whatsoever added by putting in a Windows cutting as a dual-boot except: Microsoft involvement, huge increase in weight of the client (i.e., lots more drive space needed); additional technical challenges (dual-booting, etc.); and . . . blue screens.
It’s ugly.