[Edu-sig] OLPC: $175 and Windows capable

[kirby urner]

In Slashdot this AM:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/28/0658206

I'm not surprised the hardware'll be Windows-capable, as the low price
of $179.99 derives from using standard mass market laptop designs
already in circulation, (with a few new wrinkles) such that *any* OS
worth anything should be able to target it (and Windows is worth
*something* no?).

The question 'is Linux in trouble?' is of course entirely rhetorical
and it's not.  The students I'm working with already have a well
developed hacker ethic:  if the source is closed, it's "for dummies"
(meant pejoratively, like in the movie 'Idiocracy').  Geeks of
tomorrow use what geeks of today use:  intelligent stuff.  But sure,
let the dumb kids in the USA use their stoopid Microsoft.  We all know
the USA is at least five years behind when it comes to teaching math
and science, so why not computers as well?

Kirby