Bender Forms Group to Promote OLPC's Sugar UI (PC World)

                   
yahoo.com     May 16, 2008            

Agam Shah, IDG News Service 2 hours, 58 minutes ago Former One Laptop Per Child President of software and content Walter Bender has launched Sugar Labs, an organization that will promote the development of the open-source user interface originally developed for the XO laptop. Sugar Labs... [read full story]                

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Is OLPC about learning? Apparently Not.

elearningrandomwalk.blogspot.com     May 14, 2008          

From ZDNet Christopher Dawson reports that Ivan Krstić has an angry rant about OLPC, especially about running Windows on XO. What strikes me is the following quote: In fact, I quit when Nicholas told me — and not just me — that learning was never part of the mission. The mission was, in his mind,...                

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Former security director blasts OLPC, suggests new strategy

arstechnica.com     May 15, 2008          

Former OLPC security directory Ivan Krstic has written a lengthy essay attacking the project, exposing what he considers its most serious failures, and providing some recommendations for a new strategy that might just bail out the failing endeavor. Read More...                

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It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO

zdnet.com     May 16, 2008          

Microsoft's participation in the One Laptop Per Child OLPC initiative has been fraught with mystery and disinformation from the get-go. But on May 15, Microsoft officials finally gave the OLPC project Redmond's official blessing. Up to this point, OLPC Chief Nicholas Negroponte preannounced...                

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OLPC and Microsoft

lwn.net     May 15, 2008          

The One Laptop Per Child has finally sent out an official communication on its agreement with Microsoft, which involves the creation of a dual-boot version of the XO laptop. "OLPC is substantially increasing its engineering resources and all software development continues entirely on GNU/Linux....                

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Windows XP leaps onto OLPC laptop

windowsfordevices.com     May 16, 2008          

Microsoft has announced an agreement with One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) that will make Windows XP available on the non-profit's low-cost laptops for third-world children. The "feature-complete" XP Professional installation now supports the laptop's e-book reading mode, networking, camera, custom...                

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Windows XP on OLPC XO Laptop Now Official [XP On OLPC]

gizmodo.com     May 16, 2008          

Gizmodo Team Tip your editors: Click on the star next to each commenter to see their Windows XP on OLPC XO Laptop Now Official Microsoft has officially announced that Windows XP is coming to the OLPC XO with trial runs beginning as early as June. This comes after months of discussion and...                

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Microsoft, OLPC officially team up

ecoustics.com     May 16, 2008          

Posted by Ina Fried | Post a comment So, I guess this makes it Two Operating Systems Per Child. The One Laptop Per Child project and Microsoft announced Thursday that indeed the XO laptop will be available in both Linux and Windows varieties. "We view it as a major opportunity for OLPC to expand...                

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Microsoft Joins One Laptop per Child

businessweek.com     May 16, 2008          

The nonprofit organization's alliance with Microsoft will bring Windows XP to the poorest children, and could give OLPC a much-needed boost Just four months after a messy breakup with tech giant Intel , the One Laptop per Child organization on May 15 announced an alliance with another tech...                

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One Laptop Project Adds Windows

forbes.com     May 16, 2008          

Burlingame, Calif. - Open-source advocates like saying Linux is free, as in free speech; not free, as in free beer. Well, for the price of a cold one, Microsoft (nasdaq: ) plans to make its software an option on laptops throughout the developing world. The software giant and the One Laptop Per...                

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Sugar-free Windows, as predicted

zdnet.com     May 16, 2008          

As Ivan Krstić predicted in his May 13th blog post (see "Intense and really thoughtful ranting from the OLPC front"), the OLPC XO will start shipping with Windows XP, minus the Sugar interface and open source tools that allow full implementation of the XO hardware (e.g., mesh networking). ...                

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