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OLPC Extends 'Give One, Get One' to Amazon

Topix - Linux  Mon, 11/17/2008 - 14:33

The One Laptop Per Child Foundation on Monday revived its Give One, Get One program on Amazon.com. Consumers in the U.S. can now buy one of the open-source, Linux-based XO laptops for themselves and donate ...


 

Amazon To Rescue 'One Laptop Per Child' Program

Topix - Linux  Fri, 09/05/2008 - 14:22

The One Laptop Per Child Foundation is planning to repeat its "Give 1 Get 1" program again this holiday season but this year it expects to eliminate the bottlenecks that plagued last year's program because ...


 

Wireless Mesh Standard Gets Boost from OLPC, Open Source

Linux Today  Mon, 05/12/2008 - 14:50

Computerworld Australia: "The proposed IEEE wireless LAN mesh specification is already getting some traction, though still over 18 months from final ratification, thanks to early experimentation by the One Laptop Per Child Foundation and a recently launched open source project..."


 

Wireless mesh standard gets boost from OLPC, open source

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Mon, 05/12/2008 - 05:37

The proposed IEEE wireless LAN mesh specification is already getting some traction, though still over 18 months from final ratification, thanks to early experimentation by the One Laptop Per Child Foundation and a recently launched open source project.


 

One Laptop Per Child Foundation No Longer a Disruptive Force, Be...

LWN.net  Fri, 04/25/2008 - 03:09

Xconomy is running a lengthy interview with Walter Bender about where he plans to go from here.

"I think the culture around free software is actually a powerful culture for learning, and one of my goals from the very beginning of the project was to try to instill in the education industry some of the culture and technology and morals of the open source movement.