Re: Red Hat Commits To MIT's $100 Laptop

[Andy Green]

taharka wrote:

> >32MB!  Luxury!  Why when I were a lad  
>  hunt for 8 MB CF[1] ;-) Gee!!, "Why when I were a lad" we
> wouldn't be
>  having this discussion ;-) 
http://www.phespirit.info/montypython/four_yorkshiremen.htm ;-)

5MB is pretty impressive for a full firewall.

> >discipline is sure to pay off for Fedora whatever happens with
> this OLPC
> >project.
>  
>  
>  Fedora isn't the only one it will pay off for :-) 
Well we'll have to see how it progresses.  Hitting that price target
without throwing chunks of the design overboard is going to be hard.
Put another way it's a high-end PDA with a better processor and screen
for 1/3 of the price.  Hum we'll see.

-Andy

[1] Compact Flash