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arstechnica.com - 11/13/2008
Colombia tests OLPC laptops... running Windows XP
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The government of Colombia has announced a deal with Microsoft to test thousands of One Laptop Per Child XO laptops running Windows XP. A prominent Red Hat developer who works full time on OLPC's Linux platform denies that OLPC is leaving Linux behind. Read More...

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itworld.com - 11/12/2008
Colombia signs up for OLPC laptops with Windows
— itworld.com — Colombia will become the second country to use the One Laptop Per Child Project's (OLPC) XO laptops running Microsoft Windows XP in schools after signing an agreement for pilot programs in two towns, Microsoft said late Monday. Schools in the towns of ... (more) Colombia signs up for OLPC laptops with Windows

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Colombia Gov deal for OLPC XO laptops running Windows XP
D' Technology Weblog — ... XP operating system preinstalled. Colombia has now become the second country to launch a pilot program for Windows-based XO systems. (The first was Peru, which announced its own plans back in September.) The government of Colombia has decided to deploy the little laptops in the towns of Quetame and Chia. Quetame has seen particularly rough times this past year and suffered serious damage when it was ravaged by the El Calvario earthquake in May. Source:→ Ars ...

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