Linux is Centerpiece for Negropontes $100 Laptop
Linux strikes again. In a recent article on MSNBC, reporting on progress being made on Nicholas Negroponte's vision for a $100 laptop, (currently costing about $175 and dropping) pointed to another sign that Microsoft is losing relevance as an operating system.
Nicholas Negroponte, as you may know, was the former Director of MIT's Media Lab. He has since left to run a non-profit to develop a $100 laptop, called XO, for the citizens of poor, under developed countries.
And what operating system does it run? Linux, of course. Kudos to Red Hat for providing technical assistance to the project.
Initially a disbeliever of the project, Microsoft (at this late date) has now offered MS software to the project for $3 per laptop. Sorry MS - that ship has sailed.
Nicholas Negroponte, as you may know, was the former Director of MIT's Media Lab. He has since left to run a non-profit to develop a $100 laptop, called XO, for the citizens of poor, under developed countries.
And what operating system does it run? Linux, of course. Kudos to Red Hat for providing technical assistance to the project.
Initially a disbeliever of the project, Microsoft (at this late date) has now offered MS software to the project for $3 per laptop. Sorry MS - that ship has sailed.
