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New President for OLPC Organization

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the roll-the-dice dept.

haroldag writes "After Walter Bender's resignation as president of OLPC, Charles Kane enters to take his place as the new boss. Kane says 'The OLPC mission is a great endeavor, but the mission is to get the technology in the hands of as many children as possible. Whether that technology is from one operating system or another, one piece of hardware or another, or supplied or supported by one consulting company or another doesn't matter. It's about getting it into kids' hands. Anything that is contrary to that objective, and limits that objective, is against what the program stands for.'"

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  1. Tripe by Awptimus+Prime · · Score: -1, Troll

    "It's about getting it into kids' hands. Anything that is contrary to that objective, and limits that objective, is against what the program stands for.'"

    Screw the kids, where is my free laptop?

    While I would like to see utopia, I recognize it's not going to happen. Instead of this socialist "FOR THE KIDS" crap, let's buy our own kids the things they need and put what we'd spend on strangers into our retirement or our own children's college education.

    Handing a computer to a kid who's brain is damaged from malnutrition does nothing except add another life-long banner ad clicker to the Internet.

  2. Re:If it doesn't matter what OS they use... by Ox0065 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh His Steveness will hear you and be displeased.
    It's not open source software with a different face. It's Mac innovation.

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    thx e