Ceibal project: One computer per child, Uruguay
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| Here are the photos uploaded to Cardal's school blogs with XO laptops. In
| addition to the published ones, there are many pictures form "draft" posts of
| the blog that can be seen here.
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http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com/2007/09/get-photos.html
Nonprofit group hikes price of "$100 laptop"
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| Production is slated to begin in October.
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| "We are testing it. We are making sure all the software works," he said. "We
| are making all the corrections on it that need to be made before the product
| comes out."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKN1427617320070914?rpc=44
Intel and Microsoft harmed production and ability to sign contracts, which
affects the price (Eeee has become more expensive as well). Write this down as
another example of monopoly abuse, which in this case hurt poor nations and
innocent children.
Related:
Negroponte says Intel should be "ashamed of itself"
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| 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.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39733
One Laptop Per Child - Production Delays Caused By Microsoft, Intel?
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| I sincerely hope that no matter what the people who are running the
| OLPC project decide, that their project will continue and not get
| bogged down in a play of corporate greed and ambitions.
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http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/blade/2007/04/28/one-laptop-per-child-production-delays-caused-by-microsoft-intel/
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