The Scary Little Computer
Tim Stahmer,
AssortedStuff,
May 02, 2007
Some changes in the specifications for the One Laptop Per Child computer (along with a new $175 price tag) are raising questions among some pundits. Especially interesting (and troubling) is the allegation that more expensive components are being used in order to allow Windows to run on the platform. A Wired story states it outright, "Negroponte: OLPC Hardware Altered for Microsoft." Here's another item from ZDNet. But I read something last night (I can't find the link, I'm sorry) from someone who was in the room when the decision was made, and the assertion was that it is to improve the computer, not to accommodate Microsoft. So I'm not so quick to accept those reports without verification.
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