Not Free at Any Price: Why I switched to the OLPC—and why I dropped it.

The author explores the goals and pitfalls of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. Initially celebrated as a program that would allow students technological capabilities at a lost cost, the author suggests the program failed when it became a platform for Windows operating system. Free software i...

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Publicado en:	Boston Review Vol. 33; no. 6; pp. 23 - 24
Autor principal:	Stallman, Richard M.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Boston Review Nov/Dec2008
Materias:	Computers & children Open source software Microsoft Windows (Operating system) Computer programming Laptop computers Computer software
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Sumario:	The author explores the goals and pitfalls of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. Initially celebrated as a program that would allow students technological capabilities at a lost cost, the author suggests the program failed when it became a platform for Windows operating system. Free software is discussed. Introducing Microsoft to children, non-free programs, developers, and programmers are commented on in light of the computer from the Lemote company.