What We Can Learn from the OLPC Project | Linux Today

What We Can Learn from the OLPC Project

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Matt Asay
Oct 15, 2007

“Depending on whom you listen to, the One Laptop Per Child
project has either produced the world’s greatest monstrosity or the
world’s most innovative laptop (for the developing world, anyway).
But as Geek.com notes, there is plenty to learn from OLPC, whether
one likes it or not.

“Where OLPC becomes really interesting for me, however, is what
it may do to the machines that I use on a daily basis…”

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