[Its.an.education.project] [Olpc-open] some details about the next versions of the XO hardware

[M. Edward (Ed) Borasky]

Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
> "All of the lessons learned from using the XO have been applied to the
> development of the XOXO tablet computer, and to an interim model, the
> XO 1.5, which is to be introduced in spring next year. Negroponte says
> that it will be "faster, brighter, cheaper and even less
> power-demanding," and that OLPC is soon to announce new partnerships,
> which should speed up its progress."

I would hope that some of the lessons learned include:

1. A not-for-profit organization can not effectively compete with a 
profit-making multinational corporation.

2. Educational software is a big business.

3. Money talks.

4. There is no such thing as a free lunch.