The XO in the Real World
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| Some of the children were able to make it to the congress, walking
| around the showroom with their XO?s and showing attendees what they
| liked best about the laptop.
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http://www.j5live.com/?p=357
The OLPC reviews review - the alternative standpoint
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| So, all those comparing OLPC to conventional computer systems,
| are not comparing it to the comparable one. They expect OLPC to
| behave like a conventional computer system, and when it fails to
| comply they say all these negative things, such as its "stupid"
| or "unnecessary" or "why, oh God, you didn't put full fledged
| system on this laptop?".
|
| All this because comparisons are basically flawed. They all
| compare OLPC to something it is not really made to be comparable
| with. One should try and compare it to something better for
| reaching that goal.
|
| Try a printed book.
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http://blog-of-gentoo.blogspot.com/2007/04/olpc-reviews-review-alternative.html
Related:
Nigerian students power up their laptops
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| Khaled Hassounah, director of Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per
| Child (OLPC) program in Africa and the Middle East, has spent the
| last year touring schools in Nigeria. He and his team chose a school
| 10 miles outside Nigeria's capital, Abuja, to deploy the company's
| first child-friendly laptops in the region.
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http://news.com.com/2300-1041_3-6175025-1.html?part=rss&tag=6175025&subj=news
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