Comments on: Microsoft gets onboard the $100 laptop project http://www.danlprice.co.uk/2008/05/17/microsoft-gets-onboard-the-100-laptop-project/ Weblog of a cyber-geek Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:56:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Dan http://www.danlprice.co.uk/2008/05/17/microsoft-gets-onboard-the-100-laptop-project/#comment-273 Dan Sun, 18 May 2008 17:34:44 +0000 http://www.danlprice.co.uk/?p=87#comment-273 The 1-laptop-per-child project is aimed at giving laptops to all children in the 3rd world to help with their education and train them so that they have IT skills they can use in life. This has been going on for a year or 2 now I believe - however, some governments are now demanding that rather than putting Linux on the laptops, they want Windows on them too. Linux usage is growing, but Microsoft's sly sales tactics are constantly working against it (and Apple) so that they can maintain their practical monopoly on the OS market. If you asked a random guy in the street what he knew about Windows, Mac and Linux, chances are he'd have no idea what you were talking about with the last 2. Microsoft doesn't care at all about contributing to the computing world (at least anymore) - they are driven solely by profits. I may be an idealist by saying all this, but I feel it's a shame that Microsoft's monopoly will continue long into the 21st century because they've got in on the act in 3rd world countries now as well as in the Western world. Competition is a healthy thing - for a long time, the I.T. world has had very little real competition in the OS market The 1-laptop-per-child project is aimed at giving laptops to all children in the 3rd world to help with their education and train them so that they have IT skills they can use in life.

This has been going on for a year or 2 now I believe - however, some governments are now demanding that rather than putting Linux on the laptops, they want Windows on them too.

Linux usage is growing, but Microsoft’s sly sales tactics are constantly working against it (and Apple) so that they can maintain their practical monopoly on the OS market.

If you asked a random guy in the street what he knew about Windows, Mac and Linux, chances are he’d have no idea what you were talking about with the last 2. Microsoft doesn’t care at all about contributing to the computing world (at least anymore) - they are driven solely by profits.

I may be an idealist by saying all this, but I feel it’s a shame that Microsoft’s monopoly will continue long into the 21st century because they’ve got in on the act in 3rd world countries now as well as in the Western world. Competition is a healthy thing - for a long time, the I.T. world has had very little real competition in the OS market

]]> By: James Lewitzke http://www.danlprice.co.uk/2008/05/17/microsoft-gets-onboard-the-100-laptop-project/#comment-272 James Lewitzke Sun, 18 May 2008 17:12:44 +0000 http://www.danlprice.co.uk/?p=87#comment-272 It's about time for another blog update Dan, I almost started to write another dark poem (j/k :D) Although about the topic, I haven't heard about this before. So from my understanding, it's that Microsoft's assisting poorer government to get laptops to all schoolchildren to help their education? It’s about time for another blog update Dan, I almost started to write another dark poem (j/k :D)

Although about the topic, I haven’t heard about this before. So from my understanding, it’s that Microsoft’s assisting poorer government to get laptops to all schoolchildren to help their education?

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