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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...

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

    They have clean water in Ohio now?