Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 24th Apr 2008 07:50 UTC, submitted by happykid
The road to the One Laptop Per Child has been riddled with humps and bumps, such as hardware issues, the failure of the 'G1G1' scheme, and the inability to reach the USD 100 price mark, culminating in the resignation of the project's president yesterday. Now, Negroponte, the project's founder and chairman, has stated something that might alienate the project's strongest supporters even further: the OLPC might evolve into using Windows XP only.
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2006-07-26
While the UI does look toyish it is targeted towards kids.
...and not just any kids. Kids that have probably never seen a computer before, in real life, in a movie, or in their dreams.
I couldn't imagine what the best UI would be to start them off with having no previous experience at all.