Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 7th Jan 2009 21:48 UTC
Hardware, Embedded Systems The One Laptop Per Child project announced Wednesday that it plans to downsize half of its staff and reduce the salary of the remaining employees. OLPC will also halt its development of the open source Sugar environment and focus on building its next-generation hardware device. These plans are part of a major restructuring effort that has been necessitated by the financial downturn and the organization's dwindling resources.
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hey Nick try this for an idea...
by unclefester on Thu 8th Jan 2009 09:52 UTC
unclefester
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2007-01-13

Sell them by mail order to anyone for $199 each. This will create volume pricing advantages.

Hint: Never put an academic in charge of a business (unless you want it to fail)!

R.I.P., O.P.P.W.
by diskinetic on Thu 8th Jan 2009 13:49 in reply to "hey Nick try this for an idea..."
diskinetic Member since:
2005-12-09

Rest in peace, one paycheck per worker.

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