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OLPC / Amazon preparing to bring G1G1 to Europe?
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| There were 4 big questions when it was first revealed that Amazon would be
| running this year's edition of the Give 1 Get 1 program:
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| Europe dressed in OLPC green
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| 1. How much is it going to cost? $399.
| 2. When will G1G1 v2 start? November 17.
| 3. Will it come with Windows XP? No.
| 4. Is G1G1 v2 going to be available outside the United States?
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http://www.olpcnews.com/sales_talk/g1g1/olpc_amazon_preparin_1.html
Earlier:
Classmate PC gets a boost with million-unit Venezuelan order
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| The Classmate PC units that will be distributed to schools in Venezuela and
| Portugal will ship preinstalled with a custom flavor of the Linux operating
| system.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080929-classmate-pc-gets-a-boost-with-million-unit-venezuelan-order.html
Madison XO laptop project brings innovative tool to local children
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| The laptops use a Linux-based operating system and open source software that
| enables students to view and manipulate programming code. The XOs also are
| well equipped for communal learning with mesh networking capabilities that
| allow students to play games or surf the Internet together.
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http://www.exduco.net/news.php?id=2969
Ethiopia’s first OLPC deployment
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| This week, I joined the OLPC Ethiopia team on their travels to a rural school
| in the Oromia region. The 2 hour drive was fascinating. You start off driving
| through typical Addis city areas, but slowly there are more and more animals
| on the road. People are jogging behind their donkeys, which are being used to
| transport wood and other materials. The landscape improves. After more and
| more animal-dodging, we reach a town with some basic shops, and the road
| becomes a dirt track. Oh good, we’ve arrived.
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http://www.reactivated.net/weblog/archives/2008/09/ethiopias-first-olpc-deployment/
OLPC laptops to hit Indian market soon
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| Intel’s Linux- based Intel’s Classmate PC costs nearly $300 and is aimed at
| secondary school children. OLPC focuses on primary schools for its XO-1
| laptops.
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http://www.itexaminer.com/olpc-laptops-to-hit-indian-market-soon.aspx
Recent:
Amazon to sell one OLPC laptop for the price of two
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| Amazon will soon sell the OLPC Linux laptop using the approach taken by the
| hardware charity's 'buy two, get one' programme.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/09/04/amazon_to_sell_olpc/
OLPC's Amazon Notebook Linux Only
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| “Contrary to some media reports, it will be a Linux-based XO Laptop that will
| be offered as part of the global initiative and not a dual-boot machine
| running both Windows and Linux,” OLPC said in a statement.
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http://blog.internetnews.com/dneedle/2008/09/olpcs-amazon-notebook-linux-on.html
What do Free and Open Source Software Leaders Think of Microsoft?
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| "Microsoft suborned the One Laptop Per Child project, converting it into a
| massive Windows training campaign. The project says it is giving the
| purchasing governments 'more choice' by supporting Windows as well as
| GNU/Linux, but those governments will tend to choose Windows by default. In
| some countries, people will campaign to prevent that. If these campaigns
| succeed, the OLPC project may yet make a positive contribution to the world.
| Otherwise, it will do overall harm."
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/12068_3753076_3
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