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$100 Laptop - OLPC Joins Forces With Microsoft

posted May 16, 2008 - 7:31am
$100 Laptop - OLPC Joins Forces With Microsoft

The founder of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), which is responsible for the 100 dollar laptops, denied that the move was a "desperate new measure" to secure more orders. $100 Laptop has not been selling like expected but the numbers are on the rise. The battle has been between Linux and Windows, and Windows seem to have won in power of being the market leader and using historic success as their prime argument. Not all are in praise of this decision from OLPC though.

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Website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7402365.stm
Author: Martin123
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