Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 21st May 2008 07:26 UTC, submitted by Bobthearch
The One Laptop Per Child project, including its leader Nicholas Negroponte, has weathered quite a few storms lately. There was a flood of criticism coming from the open source world when Negroponte stated that Windows might become the platform of choice, and when former employee and contributor Ivan Krstic stepped in the round, both the project as well as its leader had to face quite a few harsh words. All this hasn't slowed down the project at all, it seems, as Negroponte just unveiled the plans for version 2.0 of the OLPC. Instant update: There's a video of the unveiling too.
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OLPC 2 gives a look a technology where hardware and cost isn't the main focus. They did say it's a prototype and should help stimulate some R+D for similar projects, and won't be available soon.
If XP flash gets released for the XO . Thats fantastic especially if GIGI owners can get it on a Flash card for the same price. I appreciate all the efforts of the Linux community but I'd say the Sugar is softening. Again this was never meant to be a North Amer user project. So quit kicking your novelty in Pants Boys and Girls.