Children won't have a say on whether Windows goes on the OLPC but so what?

george_ou@lanarchitect.net — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:31:00 GMT

My former colleagues Larry Dignan and Christopher Dawson have voiced their concerns about the OLPC foundation's decision to offer a choice between Windows XP or Linux plus Sugar interface on the XO laptop. Both of them point out that it will be Governments and purchasing agencies that will most likely make the decision to go with Windows XP and that children won't have a say in the decision when may instead pick the Linux plus Sugar interface.

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Children won't have a say on whether Windows goes on the OLPC but so what?