<![CDATA[OLPC's Negroponte Not Exactly Looking For a Successor (Plus XO Getting Windows in 60 Days) - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[OLPC's Negroponte Not Exactly Looking For a Successor (Plus XO Getting Windows in 60 Days) - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[OLPC's Negroponte Not Exactly Looking For a Successor (Plus XO Getting Windows in 60 Days)]]> Call a parrot a mouse as much as you want...at the end of the day, it'll still be a parrot. Same for a CEO. Nick is running the dan program. He can call himself whatever he wants, it wont change what he does though.

He's right about one thin, if the right person comes in, he wont do what nick does...because what Negaroponte did in the business end of the project was often wrong. the machine is built, that much is done. the person coming in needs to know business. If they know business and have some good ideas about how to fix things, then the project could finally take off

as for xp...LOL!

one of the number one reasons why vista is doing so badly is because most pcs/laptops are not powerful enough to really handle the OS. Its my understandin that they are makin a modified version of XP for it...but it wouldnt surprise me if its still too damn slow

many people who are used to the standard OS setup aren't too happy with the suar interface, so they have managed to put things like debian and ubuntu on it. they're also getting things like the wireless to work, and rid of alot of glitches that often comes along with trying to get a new OS working on a device such as this.

hopefully soon someone will start a up a torrent for a specialized version of debian or ubuntu which would be easy to install and would have virtually all the bugs sorted out. that way, uys like me can get some use out of their green machine.

oh yeah, also, one of these specialized distros are going to be pratically required when the XO starts gettin distributed in america.

jrghoull

]]> <![CDATA[OLPC's Negroponte Not Exactly Looking For a Successor (Plus XO Getting Windows in 60 Days)]]> There's nothing like a hollow transfer of power to fail to instill confidence in the public. It's all very similar to a dictator stepping down as head of the military of which they still have total control over.

Vagabum

]]> <![CDATA[OLPC's Negroponte Not Exactly Looking For a Successor (Plus XO Getting Windows in 60 Days)]]> He had to realize but a fringe of loyalists nobody really wants Linux...

Give them Windows and these kids may find employment as knowledge workers one day.

kibets

]]> <![CDATA[OLPC's Negroponte Not Exactly Looking For a Successor (Plus XO Getting Windows in 60 Days)]]> They should have just taken all the money spent on this project and put it towards a war effort in "insert country with oil here".

-sarcasm

Hypenotist

]]> <![CDATA[OLPC's Negroponte Not Exactly Looking For a Successor (Plus XO Getting Windows in 60 Days)]]> With a name like Negroponte, it's GOT to be forced resignation!

MagnoliaBoy

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