January 31, 2006 11:29 AM PST
Red Hat joins $100 laptop project
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Red Hat has joined a closely watched industry initiative aimed at building low-cost notebook computers for children in developing countries. The open-source software company plans to lead the development of an operating system for the $100 machines, the firm said Tuesday.
Some big names in computing are participating in the "One Laptop Per Child," project, lead by the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The companies include Google, Advanced Micro Devices, Nortel, News Corp., and Taiwan's Quanta Computer. The United Nations recently endorsed the effort, but the project also has detractors, including Microsoft and Intel.
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- "the project also has detractors, ....
- ... including Microsoft and Intel." I do not now use Linux but may very well do so in the not too distant future. But, my point is simply this; when the companies which command the largest "desktop" world-maket share and the largest world-market "chip" share express their views one should take notice -- just as when "elephants" traverse... the "grasses", the little "shrubs" and the "ground" listen!
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