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Because lately I have got more and more interested in this business with cheap laptops, I said it would be interesting to bring to your attention the fact that Microsoft works on finalizing a version of Windows XP for the One Laptop Per Child movement. It is very interesting that Microsoft got interested in this, I wonder how much it is really interest and how much just PR. Or worse, fear of not losing ground in front of competitors already involved in this business.

The General Manager of Marketing and Communication from Microsoft announced that:

“Windows on the XO looks like it is on track for availability in these types of national educational PC deals in September. We still have no plans to make Windows available for individuals who bought an XO in the Give 1 Get 1 program though.”

Personally I find it to be good even if after the announcement that Microsoft will provide Windows XP for these cheap laptops shook the foundations of OLPC and a few officials decided to resign. I like Linux, I am a Windows user mostly, but not a big fan of it, but having more options is always a good thing and we should never let such a power in the hands of only one organization. Linux is good, but who says that once Linux has the save coverage as Windows it won’t become commercial, hacked and buggy?

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I don’t know what’s wrong with me these last days, something makes me publish news from this very interesting part of the world where people test laptops by stepping on them…

Now, lawmakers in Bhutan decided to ban laptops because they fear of people spending time on looking at pictures and playing games! Man, this is whicked!

“The members can be distracted playing games and viewing pictures,” said Nima Tshering, speaker of the assembly.

Yeah, right! My thoughts exactly! Do you guys, have cars? You know, it may be dangerous because people may get run over by one of those cars one of these days, here it happens and we didn’t ban them!

But as Reuters says, these people seem to have banned also smoking (I kind of agree here), electronic gadgets!!! and eating? I can’t give you much info on this lat one, but this thing with laptops being banned suddenly started to not be that important anymore compared to the eating(?) thing!

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