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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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Published in:Boston Review Vol. 33; no. 6; pp. 23 - 24
Main Author: Stallman, Richard M.
Format: Article
Published: Boston Review Nov/Dec2008
Subjects:
Computers & children
Open source software
Microsoft Windows (Operating system)
Computer programming
Laptop computers
Computer software
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary: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.