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[News] OLPC Impresses, Fitting the Education System and Spurring Innovation

  • Subject: [News] OLPC Impresses, Fitting the Education System and Spurring Innovation
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:59:38 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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On Education, Innovation, OLPC, And Open-Source

,----[ Quote ]
| While I used the machine for only a few minutes, I came away very impressed 
| by it, in part because of my recent thinking about the growing importance of 
| open-source to education, and the shared sense of adventure and hope that I 
| found at the conference.   
`----

http://daveshields.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/on-education-innovation-olpc-and-open-source/

Quite a respectable guy...


Related:

Lessons to Learn from the OLPC

,----[ Gist ]
| 1- Cheap is good
| 
| 2- People don’t need a lot of power
| 
| 3- Linux please
| 
| 4- Flash storage is key
| 
| 5- Make it efficient
| 
| 6- Hand crank!
| 
| 7- Don’t skimp on the features
| 
| 8- Make it rugged
| 
| 9- Make it look cool
| 
| 10- It’s a tablet, too
`----

http://www.geek.com/lessons-to-learn-from-the-olpc/


One Laptop Per Child (New Version), Reviewed by 12-Year-Old

,----[ Quote ]
| For a regular laptop, this would be the paragraph about its problems, its 
| deficiencies. But the thing is, there aren’t any problems with this computer! 
| Congratulations, OLPC. You’ve done it. Or will you come out with yet better 
| laptops? Is that even possible? We’ll have to see...
`----

http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1206


(Video) OLPC Interface Walkthrough 

,----[ Quote ]
| Previously known as the $100 laptop, the OLPC boasts a 500mhz
| Processor, Linux OS, 1GB Memory, and a Two-Mode Display (Color and B&W).
`----

http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/video-olpc-interface-walkthrough


OLPC to offer two-packs to jump start sales

,----[ Quote ]
| The move will effectively bring XO laptops to the U.S. and create a way to 
| finance the OLPC effort abroad. And that financing will be necessary 
| considering the cost of the XO laptop is double the original $100 target.  
`----

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6351


Negroponte says Intel should be "ashamed of itself" 

,----[ Quote ]
| He is furious that Intel's CEO Craig Barrett called the One Laptop a
| gadget. The Negroponte initiative is caught in the middle of a vicious 
| fight between AMD and Intel, he said.
`----

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39733


AMD chief condemns Intel 'abuses'

,----[ Quote ]
| In 2005, after the Japan Fair Trade Commission found Intel guilty of 
| offering illegal rebates to Japanese PC makers, AMD filed an anti-trust 
| suit against its competitor in the U.S. District Court in Delaware. The 
| case has not been decided.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/06/21/amd_ceo_condemns_intel_abuses/

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