[ale] Has Linux gone where Microsoft can't follow?

[Steve Brown]

On Dec 7, 2007 10:27 AM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
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> <http://tinyurl.com/ypefvv>
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> I don't get it.  They claim that you need 2GB to run Office on XP.
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> Their own website claims you can run Office Ultimate on 256MB.
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> They say you need 512MB to run XP, so even if it's cumulative, you're
> still only looking at 768MB.
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> It seems they're talking about storage. The hard disk requirements for
Office Ultimate is 3 gigs (although the XO doesn't have a HD,  hence the SD
card). I find the whole thing hilarious, because I remember Billyboy
slamming OLPC pretty hard when it first started. I think now they realize
the impact of having countries grow up on Linux :)

-Steve
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