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...Gates again, and this time the Microsoft chairman was receptive. He instructed Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, to work out a deal with Negroponte. Those talks began in January in private meetings, when both men...

In this article: Nicholas Negroponte, Linux, Walter Bender, Bill Gates, Antagonism, Sugar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Craig Mundie, and Windows XP

...you also are a Microsoft dupe. Mr. Negroponte deserves much credit for his vision, but he, Kane and other lack common sense or understanding of the ruthless business practices of Microsoft and company. They are naive and simple minded to...

In this article: Nicholas Negroponte, Charles Kane, Linux, Walter Bender, Microsoft Windows, WordPerfect, Laptop, Sugar, and McDonalds

...the project. OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte has recently announced plans to make Microsoft's Windows XP operating system available on OLPC's XO laptop, leading some to argue that education is no longer on the project's agenda. The Sugar...

In this article: Walter Bender, Linux, Iphone, Nicholas Negroponte, Ubuntu, Python programming, Red Hat, and Windows XP

...as Daly points out. "A lot of noise was made about Microsoft 'taking over' the project. In fact, although Microsoft did try to replace the OpenFirmware with a BIOS more friendly to Windows, Professor Negroponte insisted that countries have...

In this article: Nicholas Negroponte, GNU, Intel, Linux, Tax, and Fedora

...and the lack of a successful track record don't really bode well. The fact that Negroponte is publicly begging Microsoft for a Windows ARM port also adds to my skepticism. The entire effort appears to have been in a steady downward spiral...

In this article: Nicholas Negroponte, Linux, Windows Mobile, Android, ARM, and Google

...some contradictory evidence from Negroponte. Negroponte has played up OLPC's collaboration with Microsoft in the past, saying that the XO's SD slot was added specifically to accommodate Windows. He also drew fire from critics earlier this...

In this article: Linux, Nicholas Negroponte, Colombia, Windows XP, Sugar, Red Hat, and Quetame

...volume rises. The lightweight machines have been winning positive reviews from the media but a fair amount of ridicule from American tech titans, including Intel Chairman Craig Barrett and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. Barrett belittled...

In this article: Intel, Nicholas Negroponte, Walter Bender, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laptop, Bill Gates, and Jonas Salk

...of Windows on the machines. That seemed to vanish before long, as Microsoft's Bill Gates and a close partner, Intel Chairman Craig Barrett, publicly dismissed the XOs' scaled-back processing power and small screen. At first Negroponte wore...

In this article: Nicholas Negroponte, Linux, Intel, Microsoft Windows, Sugar, Bill Gates, Birmingham, Ala., and Boston

...a version of a full Windows OS for XO-2, Negroponte said. The XO-2 is still 18 months away from release, so "a lot can change with regard to Microsoft and Arm," Negroponte said. Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for...

In this article: Nicholas Negroponte, Windows OS, Windows Mobile, Linux OS, XO-1 Laptop, and Laptop