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Is OLPC about learning? Apparently Not.

elearningrandomwalk.blogspot.com
May 14, 2008
        
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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,... [read full story]                    

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Microsoft frees poor children from Linux struggles

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Microsoft frees poor children from Linux struggles

desktoplinux.com
May 17, 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. In a hilarious editorial entitled, "Poor Children Of The World No Longer Will Have To Struggle With Linux," TechCrunch editor...

Windows coming on dual-boot OLPC

tmcnet.com
May 16, 2008
        

The One Laptop Per Child Project and Microsoft plan to make both Windows and Linux available on a version of the project's XO laptop, the companies said Thursday. The parties expect to deliver a dual-boot XO system in August or September that will have both the traditional Linux-based Sugar...

Bender forms group to promote OLPC's Sugar UI

tmcnet.com
May 16, 2008
        

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 Foundation will refine the development of Sugar, a UI (user...

OLPC to Run Windows

ziffdavis.com
May 16, 2008
        

reached an agreement to make available its Windows operating system software for the One Laptop Per Child Foundation's XO Laptop, the company said on Thursday. Microsoft was not part of the project started by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Nicholas Negroponte to develop an...

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Sugar Labs will make OLPC interface available for Eee PC, others

ecoustics.com
May 16, 2008
        

Posted by Erica Ogg | Post a comment Former One Laptop Per Child President Walter Bender has formed a nonprofit called Sugar Labs, which will advance the Sugar graphical interface he originally created for the low-cost computing project. Sugar Labs will partner with developers of Sugar-compatible...

                   

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...

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Microsoft joins OLPC - Windows XP to be available on XO laptops

blorge.com
May 16, 2008
        

When it started out, the One Laptop Per Child initiative was the epitome of an anti-Microsoft, a non-profit organisation intended to sell cheap and easy to use laptops to help kids in developing countries have access to technology. Now, Microsoft is on board, and the Windows XP operating system,...

                   

XP on XO: Negroponte has lost his bearings

zdnet.com
May 16, 2008
        

At ZD's Hardware 2.0 blog, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes cites this quote from former OLPC developer Ivan Krstic about Nicholas Negroponte's rapidly shifting mission statement: 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...

                   

One Windows Per Child

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May 16, 2008
        

News Analysis. Microsoft's announcement is simple: OLPC will license Windows XP for its XO laptop. James is refreshingly frank about Microsoft's objectives: "From our perspective, Windows on the XO is a nice addition to the portfolio of products and services Microsoft has created to help...

OLPC Laptops To Run On Windows XP

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May 16, 2008
        

will be available on One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) XO notebooks in a pilot program beginning next month, the OLPC project announced Thursday. The project, which was founded by Nicholas Negroponte to create low-cost laptop for sale in bulk to governments and schools in developing countries, has...

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