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

[Geoffrey]

Steve Brown wrote:
> On Dec 7, 2007 10:27 AM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
>> <http://tinyurl.com/ypefvv>
>>
>> I don't get it.  They claim that you need 2GB to run Office on XP.
>>
>> Their own website claims you can run Office Ultimate on 256MB.
>>
>> They say you need 512MB to run XP, so even if it's cumulative, you're
>> still only looking at 768MB.
>>
>> It seems they're talking about storage.

Ah, duh.  In this day and age, 3G storage space never occurred to me. :)

> 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

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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