Microsoft eyes laptops for poor children
BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. hopes to develop a version of a $3 Windows software suite to run on low-cost laptops that a Massachusetts foundation wants to send to the world’s poorest children.
The software, designed for youngsters in developing nations, is being tested on prototypes of small green-and-white laptops developed by the One Laptop Per Child Foundation, Microsoft corporate vice president Will Poole said on Friday.
The non-profit project plans to start mass production in September of the so-called “XO” machines. They were designed specifically by the foundation to run on the Linux operating system and other open-source programs.
Linux is the main rival to Microsoft’s Windows operating system. If the machines run only Linux, Microsoft will lose out on an opportunity to eventually expose tens of millions of children worldwide to its Windows system.
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Source: www.reuters.com
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