OLPC is just a project to train the poorest children of the world in the ways of technology so that there will be a greater pool of poorly-paid tech monkeys to pick from with outsourcing. Whoever thinks cheapo laptops will lift these countries out of poverty is kidding themselves.

And anyway, OLPC is being outpaced by ever cheaper handheld devices from commercial entities anyway.

Is this a one-pony show? This group should be long dead by now. They've shot themselves in the foot so many times... good luck putting out a product worthwhile.

Negroponte is doing a great thing.Perhaps if Intel hadn't pissed all over them they'd be doing better.

Join thr coalition, push your own product, quit the Coalition push your own product.

Can you say SCUM?

Because somebody there sold out to Microsoft.

Laptops won't set people free.

Projects like RepRap will set people free.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RepRap_Project

Rob, I was just think that.
OLPC drops AMD....? When is the world going to drop the failed OLPC...
OLPC is getting old... Put a fork in it already....sheesh...

Duke Nukem Forever? They'll probably have the same release date.

Isn't this thing dead yet?

I don't know why they are still bothering, I mean they've sold their soul to Microsoft. Oh hang on, weren't they wanting to use ARM? I guess they don't mean enough to Microsoft for it to port Windows to ARM.

I give it 12 months and this thing will be dead in the water.

Rob

If Negrponte et al ever actually produced working designs or product they would do themselves out of a very soft feathered nest, not wouldn't they? So, keep switching the design around, keep bouncing between Linux and XP. This is how the academic/institute/NGO system works.

Why can't they use a Nano? Gee, the C7 is outdated and the higher speed versions get quite hot under heavy use.