Why Walter Bender Left One Laptop Per Child

May 27, 2008

Story Timeline: 191 days

When Microsoft joined the One Laptop Per Child project earlier this month, I wrote an article noting the change in heart by both sides. The O.L.P.C. project, intended to bring cheap computers to children in poorer nations, had been committed to using the freely distributed Linux operating system,... [read full story]

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May 29, 2008

Walter Bender, left, and Nicholas Negroponte, in 2006, with an early version the computer developed by the One Laptop Per Child project. The O.L.P.C. project, intended to bring cheap computers to children in poorer nations, had been committed to using the freely distributed Linux operating...

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May 28, 2008

News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed May 28, 2008 8:58 AM EDT Walter Bender left "One Laptop Per Child" because he is committed to Sugar, the open source software OS that he hopes will significantly impact children's learning. Microsoft's partnership with O.L.P.C is merely a symptom of an...