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You know, I was thingking the same thing. The OLPC would be great for
schools right here in the good old US of A. I would think they should hire somebody to sell the idea to schools HERE. If we get a critical mass of schools using them here in the US, there will be lots more applications, sorry, that is ACTIVITIES available for them. Of course all of the new activities with collaboration and sharing baked in.

Anyway, with the OLPC in production, there is going to be a whole lot of research done on 1:1 computing, and user interfaces for kids. Not that the people at OLPC have not been doing a lot of research, but, we need to get the whole world engaged.

Well, it will be interesting to see how the OLPC sells. If it gets rave reviews, and we get some first world school districts using it, it just might take off in a big way. At the very least, they have forced the world to re-think computers for kids.
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You know, I was thingking the same thing. The OLPC would be great for  DonnieBoy | 12/19/07
I agree...but...  NiiDiddy | 12/20/07
The price to start is right at $200, but they hope to get it down to $100  DonnieBoy | 12/20/07
The link is here to order an OLPC:  DonnieBoy | 12/20/07
Try the XO LiveCD  raffym@... | 12/21/07
Now this is what I am talking about!  Confused by religion | 12/19/07
It's not for me  tonymcs@... | 12/19/07
Of course not  Yagotta B. Kidding | 12/19/07
And giving them...  ego.sum.stig@... | 12/19/07
One wonders how children ever grow up and learn how to drive cars ...  George Mitchell | 12/19/07
Message has been deleted.  JLHenry | 12/19/07
What the above three said nt  goxk@... | 12/19/07
You just don't get it do you. If you learn one OS, you can easily move to  DonnieBoy | 12/19/07
Obviouslly more then if it were left up to  GuidingLight | 12/19/07
Outside networking is not necessary for these computers, it is just a bonus  DonnieBoy | 12/20/07
Education 1st - then employment  R Harris ZDNet Moderator | 12/19/07
Hmmmm  zmud | 12/20/07
Python! (not BASIC)  pointzerotwo@... | 12/21/07
OK  balaknair | 12/20/07
You're spot on here  mrdatahs ZDNet Moderator | 12/19/07
Very good point, we need to get the software on the Classmate, and the  DonnieBoy | 12/20/07
We strongly disagree  zmud | 12/20/07
In the U.S.A.  b.bob | 12/20/07
Could I please see the end-user input?  Vesicant | 12/20/07
End-user NON-Input  raffym@... | 12/21/07
I can't get them for my US based school . . .  robmhood | 12/20/07
Correction: On Computer lab time  robmhood | 12/20/07
They will obviously be available to US schools as well, but they need to  DonnieBoy | 12/20/07
It is obvious there are no educational background people here  Old Timer 8080 | 12/20/07
GEE....  Confused by religion | 12/20/07
They did extensive onsite research at OLPC, and they have many people with  DonnieBoy | 12/20/07
Educational background people?!  Vesicant | 12/21/07
On a side note  GuidingLight | 12/26/07
Definitions  Ole Man | 12/26/07
alternate definition?  npkeith | 01/02/08
You forgot one other target audience...  quietLee | 12/20/07
other target audience.  cavlosnap@... | 12/30/07
What really makes the OLPC a failure in the eyes of many ...  George Mitchell | 12/20/07
Cutting thru the Mylar...  quietLee | 12/20/07
Cutting thru the Mylar... quite an exercise in capitalism then  egsmachine@... | 12/20/07
Worse than that I'm afraid  quietLee | 12/21/07
Catitalism DOES promote the opposite WHEN the  hkommedal | 12/22/07
Sorry TYPO ; should be Capitalism, not catitalism.  hkommedal | 12/22/07
Changing business model  raffym@... | 12/21/07
The Pricetag  hiraghm@... | 01/14/08
I just got mine...  egsmachine@... | 12/20/07
It is a shame it is not distributed to poor communities  hkommedal | 12/22/07
that's wonderful, I had no idea  Hobyx | 12/20/07
Very interesting  raffym@... | 12/21/07
my projects  Hobyx | 03/04/08
RE: OLPC: the best designed notebook in the world  lewdoss@... | 12/21/07
RE: OLPC: the best designed notebook in the world  Reggieee | 12/22/07
Reports ARE coming in from the front ...  George Mitchell | 12/23/07
RE: OLPC: the best designed notebook in the world  hiraghm@... | 01/14/08
My point about the Amiga  hiraghm@... | 01/14/08

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