The shame of Intel and Microsoft
Amidst all the news about the recent popularity of netbooks, we shouldn’t forget that it was Nicholas Negroponte at MIT who got the idea of a small inexpensive PC off the ground with his “One Laptop per Child” project. Nor should we forget the shameful behavior of Intel and Microsoft (actually, Bill Gates himself) in [...]
Microsoft’s hand forced on low-end computers
As previously noted, there has been a lot of activity in small, portable PCs (sometimes referred to as ultra-mobile PCs or UMPCs). The market is beginning to shape up in a major way and Microsoft has been forced to keep Windows XP Home alive in order to prevent Linux from walking off with all the [...]
Microsoft tries to block Linux on low cost PCs
For developing countries and even in the US, there have recently been a number of low-cost PCs being offered. Because it is free, some version of Linux was initially the operating system being used. Microsoft reacted by first doing its best to throw cold water on the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project and is [...]