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OLPC breaks 1,000 machine barrier
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| The One Laptop Per Child project has so far
| deployed 1,000 of its XO laptops in Australia
| and taken the first delivery of the next
| generation devices which it will unveil in
| coming weeks.
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http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/technology/37140-olpc-breaks-1000-machine-barrier
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Australia To Trial OLPC
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| In a surprise announcement, the government of the Northern Territory
| has announced that they are testing the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child)
| machines with a view to launching trials in remote communities.
|
| The OLPC has been designed for children in the developing world, in
| regions that struggle for basic infrastructure like clean running
| water, and electricity. So it may come as a surprise to some that
| an Australian state government has put up a hand to trial the new
| laptops.
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http://www.localfoss.org/Australia_To_Trial_OLPC
OLPC giveaway program hits Oz
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| The Australian subsidiary of the non-profit One Laptop per Child (OLPC)
| organisation today said it would commence a local "Give 1, Get 1" program on
| November 30 that would deliver the machines to both geeks and disadvantaged
| children.
|
| [...]
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| "At linux.conf.au 2008 in Melbourne, about 150 XO laptops were handed out to
| open source developers, so there's been a lot of cool development work being
| done by Australians given that we've had some availability in the community",
| he said.
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http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/OLPC-giveaway-program-hits-Oz/0,339028227,339293455,00.htm
OLPC XO laptops to be sold in Australia
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| There's been a lot of talk about the OLPC's cute little mesh networking
| laptop at Linux.conf.au this week.
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http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/02/01/olpc_xo_laptops_to_be_sold_in.html
Intel: doing the dirty on OLPC
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| Intelâs agreement with the OLPC Foundation included a ânon disparagementâ
| clause, under which Intel and One Laptop promised not to criticize each
| other, according to Nicholas Negroponte in the latest article in the Wall
| Street Journal.
|
| Still Intel tactics have violated that repeatedly to kill OLPC efforts in
| Nigeria, Libya, Pakistan, India, China and Intel is also still trying to pull
| those tactics in Mexico, Brazil.
| This is simply disgracefull of Intel, scandalous.
|
| But Negroponte has signed an agreement saying that he is not allowed to
| criticize Intel, so he is not allowed to talk about these shameless tactics
| even though Intel is the one violating the agreement.
|
| So only independant voices on the Internet can get those messages of truth
| out about Intels tactics.
|
| In Nigeria, Intel came and donated 3000 laptops to counter OLPC efforts, then
| sells 17 thousand Classmates to Nigeria at a loss.
|
| Then Microsoft corrupted Nigerian officials with 400 thousand dollars to
| install Windows XP on those instead of Mandriva Linux.
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http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14124
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
LANCOR's Adà Oyegbola Answers Groklaw's Questions About OLPC
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| PJ: Thank you for responding. I think you misunderstand then one thing about
| OLPC. OLPC is a recognized charity under the law. Selling a laptop for cost
| does not make them commercial, Ade.
|
| Many of my readers have been asking me, and I hope you do not feel insulted
| if I ask on their behalf, but is there any connection or have you had any
| contact with Microsoft or Intel?
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071203061340580
Local OEMs boycott Microsoft, Intel
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| The local Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) in the country may have
| commenced boycotting of placing orders on the Operating System (OS)
| dominantly supplied by the software giant, Microsoft Corporation and computer
| processor manufacturer, Intel Corporation offices in the country.
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http://itrealms.blogspot.com/2007/11/local-oems-boycott-microsoft-intel.html
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