User:Reza Ladchartabi
Object From The Future
On Demand Computing
In the future the mobility and flexibility will become more and more important. Even the PC users will demand having access to their data whether they are in Antarctica or Sahara. Besides that they are only willing to pay only for those services they make use of.
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At the moment, a few prototypes have been created for press and negotiation purposes. Five companies are working with MIT to develop an initial 5 million to 15 million test units within the year. These companies are Google, Advanced Micro Devices, News Corp., Red Hat and BrightStar. The current plan is to produce 100 million to 150 million units by 2007.
While the initial goal of the project is to work with governments, MIT is considering licensing the design or giving it to a third-party company to build commercial versions of the PC. Those might be available for $200, and about $30 will come back to OLPC to make the kids' laptops. This is still in consideration.
References
Werner Heijstek
March 19th, 2006