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Walter Bender, the former One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) president of software and content announced the launch of a new organization named, Sugar Labs Foundation, to promote the development of the open source user interface originally developed for the XO laptop.
In this corner, the challenger, the former executive director of MIT's Media Lab, software guru, now with Sugar Labs, the champion of Linux, Walter Benderrrrr! And in this corner, the champion, the co-founder of MIT's Media Lab, best-selling author, founder and chairman of One Laptop Per ChildÂ...
Walter Bender, who recently left OLPC amid ideological differences over the future of the Sugar interface and the use of Windows on the XO laptop, launched a new foundation last week to advance the UI independent of the XO. The Sugar Labs Foundation intends to continue working with OLPC,...
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...
Microsoft's agreement to offer Windows XP on OLPC's XO laptop is appropriate and long overdue. It was pure hypocrisy for Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates to publicly decry the so-called "Digital Divide" while privately refusing to support the XO simply because Linux was a supported operating...
In an epic blog post, Ivan Krstic, the former head of security development for the ambitious One Laptop per Child project, has painted a picture of an organisation in chaos, and called its very ideals into question. Krstic reminds us that it's the children in need of education who matter Krstic...
Ivan Krstić has made his way into this blog before. As OLPC's former director of security architecture and one closely involved with their Peru rollout, his posts offered great insights into just how the XO worked (or was supposed to work) on the backend. Now he,...
