Microsoft is joining low-cost laptop project

                   
iht.com     May 16, 2008            

After years of conflict, Microsoft and the computing and education project One Laptop Per Child, have reached an agreement that will put Windows on the organization's computers. Microsoft long resisted joining the ambitious project because its laptops used the Linux operating system, a freely... [read full story]                

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Look! Windows on the OLPC XO!

technet.com     May 16, 2008          

Today Microsoft and the OLPC are announcing support for Windows on the OLPC XO computer. The two organizations will work together on several pilot programs in emerging market countries starting next month, and the offering will RTM in August or September. Initially it will only be available in...                

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Microsoft and One Laptop per Child Partner to Deliver Affordable Computing to Students Worldwide

prnewswire.com     May 16, 2008          

Microsoft and One Laptop per Child Partner to Deliver Affordable Computing to Students Worldwide Microsoft Windows now available on the XO laptop; trials to begin in key emerging markets as early as next month. Today, Microsoft Corp. and One Laptop per Child (OLPC) announced an agreement that...                

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Microsoft Windows finds a place on One Laptop Per Child machines

nwsource.com     May 16, 2008          

BOSTON — The One Laptop Per Child project is about to find out whether Microsoft, a rival the nonprofit group once derided, is the solution to its problems in spreading inexpensive portable computers to schoolchildren. Microsoft and the laptop organization announced today that the nonprofit's...                

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'$100 laptop' nonprofit now teamed with Microsoft

komoradio.com     May 16, 2008          

Story Published: May 15, 2008 at 5:07 PM PDT By BRIAN BERGSTEIN, AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) - The One Laptop Per Child project is about to find out whether Microsoft Corp., a rival the nonprofit group once derided, is the solution to its problems in spreading inexpensive portable computers...                

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It's official: One Laptop Per Child gets XP

nwsource.com     May 16, 2008          

Microsoft said today that it will make Windows XP available for the One Laptop Per Child initiative's XO machine, after cautioning previously that it wasn't certain it could make the operating system work on the OLPC computers, because of their limited storage.                

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Windows to run on One Laptop Per Child computer

newsvine.com     May 16, 2008          

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu May 15, 2008 9:43 PM EDT SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) reached an agreement to make available its Windows operating system software for the One Laptop Per Child Foundation's XO Laptop, the company said on Thursday. Microsoft was not part of the...                

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