Re: [Hampshire] OLPC XO finally deployed

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Author: Tim
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] OLPC XO finally deployed
On Saturday 17 October 2009 11:04:44 John Cooper wrote:
> After all the dirty tricks from M$ and Intel to derail the one laptop
> per child programme, Uruguay becomes the first country to supply a
> laptop to every child at primary school (362,000). This is with the
> Sugar interface and Fedora based Linux platform, not XP!!!
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8309583.stm
>
> If any primary schools would like to try an XO, I have two for demo.
>
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I have forwarded on your offer to the Inclusion Co-Ordinator at my son's Schools
(Kingsleigh Primary School Bournemouth). He was supposed to have a laptop to
help with his work but he is still waiting (he has one at home).

Tim