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Xtra Ordinary Operating System for XO Laptop
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| I was very happy with the final product: Xtra Ordinary 2009 SD Card
| for the OLPC Laptop. My XO now sits on my desk, between my monitor
| and keyboard, and is in nearly constant use. I have even used it to
| power our disc printing equipment, and play Heroes of Might and
| Magic III (the Linux version), which is our all time favorite game
| to play together.
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http://www.olpcnews.com/software/operating_system/xtra_ordinary_operating_system.html
Recent:
Founder of One Laptop Per Child Responds
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| Anyway. I do not normally answer press and blogs, because we would spend
| all our time with words, not actions in the field But you are on a UN
| site and the UN is our partner. Check out Kofi Annanâs words -- they
| have been fulfilled. Has it been harder than I expected? Yes. But do you
| know why? It is not due to what I had anticipated, things like
| corruption and logistics. It has been due to commercial interests and
| press, stories like yours.
|
| As a small non-profit, humanitarian organization, it is hard to battle
| giants who view children as a market, not a mission, and have other
| agendas. In spite of all that, the change is huge. I no longer hear
| people arguing against âone laptop per childâ as a concept. The issue is
| purely a matter of funding and there are many ways to do that. Wait and
| see.
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http://www.undispatch.com/node/8867
Founder of One Laptop Per Child Responds
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| Anyway. I do not normally answer press and blogs, because we would spend
| all our time with words, not actions in the field But you are on a UN
| site and the UN is our partner. Check out Kofi Annanâs words -- they
| have been fulfilled. Has it been harder than I expected? Yes. But do you
| know why? It is not due to what I had anticipated, things like
| corruption and logistics. It has been due to commercial interests and
| press, stories like yours.
|
| As a small non-profit, humanitarian organization, it is hard to battle
| giants who view children as a market, not a mission, and have other
| agendas. In spite of all that, the change is huge. I no longer hear
| people arguing against âone laptop per childâ as a concept. The issue is
| purely a matter of funding and there are many ways to do that. Wait and
| see.
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http://www.undispatch.com/node/8867
Free laptops for students
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| Under this program, 1,250 laptop computers will be distributed to
| students in 13 schools.
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http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/09/11/news20.asp
In Defense of OLPC and the XO Laptop
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| I think the confusing messaging that's come from OLPC leadership (is it
| a laptop project or an education project? Does it cost $100? $50? $205?
| Is it a trojan horse sneaking open source into the classroom in the
| guise of an ebook?
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http://www.olpcnews.com/commentary/press/in_defense_of_olpc_xo_laptop.html
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