OT - The One Laptop Per Child Program

[Michael Havens]

Another way for foreignors to kick our butts......
> >> The initial recipients will be children in Uruguay, Peru and Mongolia.
> >> Also, beginning Monday, people in North America will be able to buy
> >> one for themselves and donate the other to a child overseas through
> >> http://www.laptopgiving.org .


On Wednesday 07 November 2007 9:56 pm, Joseph Sinclair wrote:
> The XO uses an O/S based on a Linux kernel (stripped-down and heavily
> modified Fedora, I think), but with a completely different UI and
> functional design (don't look for programs/command line/etc..., they're
> hard to reach or completely missing).  It's VERY different from a normal
> PC, but it seems to work well for kids. The machine itself is really small,
> and the keys are likewise small (I had to use fingernails to press keys
> because my fingers are too big).  It's got a pretty cool design, though,
> and I hope they get a lot of these in kids hands, because I believe that
> putting these in the hands of kids in large numbers will spur those kids to
> come up with many completely new and interesting ways to use computers and
> connect people.
>
> ==Joseph++
>
> Michael Havens wrote:
> > The XO will come installed with *nix?
> >
> > On Wednesday 07 November 2007 4:03 pm, keith smith wrote:
> >> China?  Didn't they have a ton of problems with cat treats and lead
> >> paint?
> >>
> >>
> >> Rhune Lord <rhunelord at gmail.com> wrote: Production Begins for Schoolkid
> >> Laptops
> >>
> >> By BRIAN BERGSTEIN
> >> AP Technology Writer
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> >>
> >> CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- The One Laptop Per Child Program, which hopes
> >> to spread sub-$200 computers to schoolchildren in developing
> >> countries, has reached a milestone with the start of mass production.
> >>
> >> The nonprofit spinoff from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> >> said assembly lines for its "XO" laptops were fired up Tuesday at a
> >> Chinese factory run by manufacturer Quanta Computer Inc. That means
> >> children should begin getting the green-and-white computers this
> >> month.
> >>
> >> One Laptop Per Child did not specify how many computers will be made
> >> or how many orders it has received from international buyers. The
> >> program's founder, Nicholas Negroponte, said in September that Quanta
> >> would build about 250,000 XOs this year, ramping to 1 million a month
> >> in 2008.
> >>
> >> Negroponte originally expected mass production of several million XOs
> >> to have begun by now. But he scaled back that goal after encountering
> >> reluctance from potential buyers.
> >>
> >> The computers were dreamed up as $100 laptops but for now cost $188,
> >> and buyers are expected to let children keep the computers and tinker
> >> with them at home.
> >>
> >> The initial recipients will be children in Uruguay, Peru and Mongolia.
> >> Also, beginning Monday, people in North America will be able to buy
> >> one for themselves and donate the other to a child overseas through
> >> http://www.laptopgiving.org .
> >>
> >> Even with mass production beginning later than expected, One Laptop
> >> Per Child can claim success on several fronts. The small yet rugged
> >> XOs require low power and can be recharged by hand, have a screen that
> >> can be read in full sunlight and boast a user interface designed
> >> specially for children. And the impending emergence of the XOs
> >> awakened other companies to the potential of a low-cost educational
> >> market, greatly expanding the choices that international buyers now
> >> have.
> >>
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