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I could care less who uses what operating system and why but the M$ bashers here complain the loudest, sometimes for good reason, but simply won't acknowledge what they at least suspect is true: it will work. Or maybe that is what the outcry here is about.
M$ maybe trying to squash OSS: Not the point.
The hardware needed to run it is probably more expensive than OLPC: Not the point.
Linux is better: Not the point.
M$ has a near monopoly share in most locations: Not the point.
The point is that M$ has made a plan to get its software to poor countries (and maybe not so poor) at an extremely attractive price and that plan has a good chance of success.
Please, by all means, rail away against M$ and curse the Fates by name. You have a friendly audience at /. for that.
M$ maybe trying to squash OSS: Not the point.
The hardware needed to run it is probably more expensive than OLPC: Not the point.
Linux is better: Not the point.
M$ has a near monopoly share in most locations: Not the point.
The point is that M$ has made a plan to get its software to poor countries (and maybe not so poor) at an extremely attractive price and that plan has a good chance of success.
Please, by all means, rail away against M$ and curse the Fates by name. You have a friendly audience at
