Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Sun 10th Aug 2008 16:38 UTC, submitted by Rahul
"Microsoft, makers of most of the computer software in the world, tried to kill it with words, and Intel, maker of most computer chips, tried to kill it with dirty tricks. Of course, they don't admit to being attempted murderers. And when I introduce you to Intel's lovely spokesperson, Agnes Kwan, you'll realise how far their denials go. But the truth is the two mightiest high-tech companies in the world looked on Negroponte's philanthropic scheme and decided it had to die."
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Member since:2006-01-18
Learning file system structure applies to cell phones, internet cafes, and MP3 players. Which are all quite common in developing countries, and strangely enough interesting to children.
OLPC is to put cost effective learning materials and access to information in the hands of children in developing countries. Internet access was a major point of the project (hence the wireless mesh networking, and certain internet accessories that were to be bundled).
And as it has been pointed out before, OLPC was to be "Open" to allow the users of it to modify and improve the system... Something where knowing abstract computing concepts would be necessary.
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2006-08-29
It's been twice now that you are misleaded about the purpose of the OLPC which, if I undertand correctly, is to help children learning by doing things. Nobody said the purpose of the project is to learn computer science.