OLPC To Be Distributed To US Students

eldavojohn writes "The One Laptop Per Child Project plans to launch OLPC America in 2008 , to distribute the low-cost laptop computers originally intended for developing nations to needy students here in the United States. Nicholas Negroponte is quoted as saying, 'We are doing something patriotic, if you will, after all we are and there are poor children in America. The second thing we're doing is building a critical mass. The numbers are going to go up, people will make more software, it will steer a larger development community.'"

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There can be no patriotism amongst world citizens.

[Anonymous Coward]

I appreciate and understand the OLPC project.

But Nicholas Niggerponte cannot simply pretend to be patriotic while at the same time championing the ideals of OLPC as they stand today.

OLPC is for all nations, and as such nationalism has no place in its promotion.

Re:Cue the OLPC griefers

[timmarhy]

it's $250 not $200, get that right for starters.

and i never went into who pays for it (i don't give a flying fuck btw) , your just attempting to deflect my original 2 points that it's NOT a $100 laptop, and i might also add that ALL you detractors failed to tackle my point that the laptops aren't being used for education at all. it doesn't matter if it's a $1 laptop, it's still not cost effective educationif all they do with it is browse porn.

what i'm trying to get at, is that a $250 laptop if a fucking waste of money. get real teachers in and paper + pencil and you might actually teach kids something.