Directory of One Laptop per Child Resources

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The One Laptop Per Child Association, Inc. (OLPC) is an American non-profit organization set up to oversee the creation of a cheap, affordable educational device for use in the third world. Its current focus is on the development, construction and deployment of the XO-1 laptop to promote children's education in developing nations.

Resources in This Category

• BBC News: A child's view of the $100 laptop

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7140443.stm
  Rory Cellan-Jones enlists the help of his son to see what a youngster in the UK makes of the machine.

• BBC News: One Laptop signs up with Amazon

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7599652.stm
  Online retailer Amazon will help the One Laptop Per Child organisation with its plans to sell its XO laptop in the US.

• Behind the OLPC Layoffs: G1G1 Failure and Reduced Sponsorship

  http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/01/g1g1-failure-and-reduced-sponsorship-behind-the-olpc-layoffs/
  Explanation of the decision of OLPC to lay off 50% of its staff in 2009, leaving only two developers on the software team.

• Laptop With a Mission Widens Its Audience

  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/technology/circuits/04pogue.html
  Article about the first "Give 1 Get 1" promotion, which allowed people to purchase XO laptops for their own use.

• Official OLPC Community Support Forum

  http://en.forum.laptop.org/
  Discussion area for assistance with the XO laptop.

• OLPC News

  http://olpcnews.com/
  Independent news about OLPC and other low-cost educational computing projects

• One Laptop per Child

  http://laptop.org/
  Non-profit organization offering an inexpensive laptop designed for children in developing countries. How to donate, news and events, FAQ, and community wiki.

• SugarLabs

  http://sugarlabs.org/
  Spin-off of the "Sugar" user interface platform to another project

• Why Microsoft and Intel tried to kill the XO $100 laptop

  http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4472654.ece
  Article about the opposition the project received from established tech corporations.

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