Is the MIT $100 Laptop GooglePod?
Friday, November 18, 2005
Well, I think the biggest news of the past couple of days has been the $100 laptop from MIT. Sure, it's not a reality today, but 2006/2007 is not a long way off. The price of a Windows license is almost as much as the entire hardware, so of course this thing will be Linux-based. They even passed over Mac OS for it. Such a laptop used in developing nations will result in entire generations of computer-literate low-cost members of the global workforce, which will result in more contributors to open source projects, and so on. Add the rumored solar-powered/wind-powered Internet nodes that could provide virtually free WiFi for these virtually free laptops, and you start to get the picture. And if you look close at the funders of the MIT $100 PC project, you will see none other than... Google! Could this be the ubiquitous GooglePod next generation Yellow Pages? Just crank it up. There's not a lot of room for premium OS pricing. And this announcement just happened to coincide with Microsoft rumors of a completely ad-based free version of Windows. Times, they are a'changin. And that's music to the ears of this old Amiga fan. Labels: Apple, Google, Microsoft
posted by Connors Communications
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