Microsoft 'Field Testing' Windows for OLPC Computers

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• February 08, 2008
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  Microsoft 'Field Testing' Windows for OLPC Computers

  Posted: February 8th, 2008, 11:45pm

  A few months after it began hacking its Windows XP operating system to run on the One Laptop Per Child XO children's machine, Microsoft says it is actively field testing the software on the tiny laptops. Whether or not Windows is the best fit for the OLPC's core audience -- children in developing countries -- is debatable.