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> Microsoft gave ASUS a deal they couldn't refuse. and afaik others too, to flood the market with more "practical" options than the XO, so the XO wouldn't take
by asojfdowgh 4y ago
> Microsoft gave ASUS a deal they couldn't refuse.
and afaik others too, to flood the market with more "practical" options than the XO, so the XO wouldn't take off in other parts of the world
can't have computer classes without having microsoft computer classes, after all. Gotta get em' while they are young.
https://www.bu.edu/writingprogram/journal/past-issues/issue-3/shah/ https://www.bu.edu/writingprogram/journal/past-issues/issue-... https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/16/17233946/olpcs-100-laptop-education-where-is-it-now https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/16/17233946/olpcs-100-laptop...
- verytrivial 4y agoI recall some site called olpcnews or similar that was run by a pretty brazen shill that posted nothing but fud regarding the project and news of deals and projects from Intel and Microsoft around the Windows offering. Where or not there were fatal flaws in the OLPC model there was NO WAY the incumbents were going to let edu fall to it.