Laptop Plan is Not Child's Play Just Yet

Oct 17, 2008, 14:03 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Danny O'Brien)

"Negroponte himself was prone to pursue soundbites at the expense of consistency: by the end of the project, he was announcing that "the mission is to get the technology in the hands of as many children as possible", in stark contrast to the original "It's an education project, not a laptop project" mantra."

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