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OLPC 2.0 — One Laptop Foundation Reboots

Posted by timothy on from the mouse-keeps-roaring dept.

Greg Huang writes "In early January, the One Laptop Per Child Foundation laid off half its staff and shed work on the Sugar graphical interface. Now, OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte and president Chuck Kane for the first time detail the foundation's new plans, describe how the XO laptop will do what netbooks can't do, and share their hope to keep working with Sugar developer Walter Bender, who left OLPC last year."

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  1. Outcome not hard to predict... by Experiment+626 · · Score: 4, Funny

    and share their hope to keep working with Sugar developer Walter Bender, who left OLPC last year

    I anticipate Bender will tell them to bite his shiny metal ass.

  2. OLPW?? by vudufixit · · Score: 5, Funny

    One Layoff Per Worker? Perhaps they should extend the "two for one" and just close the company...

    1. Re:OLPW?? by MrEricSir · · Score: 2, Funny

      And all those laid off workers need a netbook they can afford...

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  3. Re:power-advantage by tgd · · Score: 2, Funny

    The OLPC screen really rocks. Only device I can comfortably surf on sun bathing on the deck.

    I have to admit I have a bit prejudiced view of who the average Slashdotter is and what they likely look like...

    And that vision just turns my stomach! ;-)

  4. Re:Dead horse vapour by ILuvRamen · · Score: 3, Funny

    wait, don't get up yet. There's one last hope! They can start making them completely out of edible materials so children in 3rd world countries can eat them instead of just learn to write viruses, steal identities, and send e-mail scams. I think we can all agree that that's what they really need.

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  5. Re:MOD PARENT UP by Zerth · · Score: 3, Funny

    There are lots of impoverished areas that have food and clean water, just insufficient education.

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    What, like Ohio?

  6. Re:MOD PARENT UP by ryanov · · Score: 4, Funny

    They have clean water in Ohio now?