OLPC to reach $100 laptop mark next year
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| Using a Linux-based OS (operating system) is one way the group can
| save on cost, but that was not the main reason the group chose
| Fedora Core 6.0, a Linux OS, according to Michail Bletsas, chief
| connectivity officer at OLPC and a research scientist at MIT. The
| open-source OS allowed the OLPC group to expand the user experience
| and develop programs aimed at children, such as games and other
| software.
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| Bletsas also clarified that Microsoft "generously" offered a version of
| its Windows OS to the OLPC project, as did Apple. But the OLPC
| project declined, believing it had a chance to develop a new user
| interface. Using open-source software also allows children a
| greater opportunity to explore and create on their own, he said.
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