__/ [ Ian Hilliard ] on Monday 23 April 2007 12:41 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> One Laptop sighted in Cape Town
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | The laptop, a beta version of the final product, sports a green
>> | casing, a liquid-proof keyboard, a couple of dust covers for the
>> | ports and the Sugar operating system which is based on Fedora Core 6.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1466
>>
>>
>> Related:
>>
>> Debate widens over over deploying computers in the developing world
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | The controversy boiled over on Saturday at a meeting where Craig
>> | Barrett, chairman of Intel, squared off with Nicholas Negroponte,
>> | the former director of the MIT Media Laboratory and head of the
>> | nonprofit organization One Laptop Per Child, which is focusing
>> | on the 1.2 billion children in the developing world.
>> `---- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>> http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/28/business/cheap.php
>
> That is old news, dating back to January. Since then, according to posts on
> the net, the XO project has moved a lot further ahead.
Yes, it has certainly managed to get past the attacks which came from
Microsoft proxies such as Rob Enderle. They also tried this when Dell said
it would /possibly/ support Linux *and they lost). They have placements in
the media, as Groklaw, for example, has recently shown. It's all nepotism
and connections, intended to pressure and confuse decision makers. The good
news is that a very disruptive technology has managed to get past the fence
and it's too late to discredit the inevitable.
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