How to increase the value of a $100 PC to $250 and make it unaffordable

Wed Dec 6 00:10:47 UTC 2006

Peter P. wrote:
> I once said that Linux could be the foot in the door for some businesses who do
> not really want to switch (why they do not want to I will not discuss here -
> everyone has the right to be pointy headed at some time or another), allowing
> them to negotiate lower license fees for other types of software. Now I have
> lived to be sorry for having said that:
> 
>   http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2170209/microsoft-looking-windows-olpc
> 
> Peter

I think MS is terrified of having a generation of kids in emerging 
markets growing up learning *nix skills. Scared enough that they'd 
likely rather give MS Windows away on these machines if they have to.

Call me crazy...

Madi
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