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Post script to an Ed Tech laptop rant: Rant away Chris! There is one, and only one, reason why Nicholas Negroponte has somewhat suddenly embraced Windows and Microsoft. It is really quite simple. He is being asked by foreign governments -- to whom he is trying to sell the XO -- "Does the XO run Windows?" ...; Tags: Fact, Vision, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Schoolchildren, One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2008-01-10

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The Oracle Tax is progressive: The Fortunate 1000 are far more likely to pay the "Oracle Tax" of a proprietary database than other firms, making this one of the few true progressive taxes in our business system. (The picture is of Oracle's headquarters, aka the Ellison Kremlin, the Capitol of LarryWorld.) ...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Tool, Oracle Tax, Fortunate 1000, Graham, Productivity, Storage, Taxes, Databases, Open Source, Hardware, Financial Planning, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-03
Followup from Intel on the OLPC debacle: Followup from Intel on the OLPC debacleHow can anyone support Classmate?The Classmate reference design is such a worthless piece of kit, Intel obvioulsy rushed it out the door 6 months after the first prototypes of the OLPC were released over a year and a half ago. Since then the Classmate...; Tags: Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child project, Classmate, Nicholas Negroponte; Discussion threads 2008-01-07
Once again, competition breeds innovation: Once again, competition breeds innovationAnd, without OLPC, we never would have had the Classmate. If Intel wants totry to put OLPC out of business, I guess it is their prerogative in a free world. But, even if they succeed, OLPC will have been a huge success by forcing the world...; Tags: Mesh networking, One Laptop Per Child project, Classmate, Intel Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-01-04
Once again, competition breeds innovation: No sooner had the electronic "ink" dried on Chris Dawson's piece OLPC and Intel part ways that Intel confirmed that the Classmate lives on with a next generation already in the works! Well surprise, surprise! Ever since the Intel Classmate was announced see A quick update on the Classmate it was clearly superior...; Tags: Innovation, Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Intel Classmate, XO, OLPC Foundation, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2008-01-04

OLPC responds to Intel breakup: OLPC responds to Intel breakupSounds like Intel was only in it to see if they could distract them andslow them down. Intel shames themselves with this behavior.RE: OLPC responds to Intel breakupGET REAL to quote this site "The emerging market is big enough for multiple players and it's not clear...; Tags: Negroponte, Personality Conflict, Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child project; Discussion threads 2008-01-04
Intel's OLPC pullout sets up XO vs Classmate PC duel: Intel's OLPC pullout sets up XO vs Classmate PC duelFollow the money - there's your answer.I wonder if Negroponte wanted Intel to not only kill the competing Classmate (we don;t need no stink'n competition) but also wanted Intel to send money to AMD for life support on their end of...; Tags: intel, One Laptop Per Child project, Negroponte, Intel Corp., Classmate PC; Discussion threads 2008-01-04
Give a man a computer ...: Give a man a computer ...Is Intel thinking these thing through?At least Negroponte has though through the facts that the users of this product may not have a consistent electrical source if any at all and that climate and geological issues would require a more rugged design. He's also thought...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child project, computer, mesh networking; Discussion threads 2007-12-10
Give a man a computer ...: At the end of his piece OLPC backlash continues, Chris Dawson asks his readers to "... explain how we can rationalize the opportunity costs of XO rollouts in OLPC's target markets?" It's a very good question with lots of complex answers, as evidenced by some interesting replies from those...; Tags: Food, Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2007-12-10
Will Windows 'XO' bear fruit for OLPC?: Just this morning, I read MSFT working on XP for XO and I wondered: Why? If the OLPC project has accomplished nothing else, it has made Microsoft and Intel stand up and take notice that third-world schoolchildren represent a huge potential market. But still ......; Tags: Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2007-12-06
Bridging the digital divide: Last evening my colleague from K-12, Chris Dawson, wrote a piece about a new product called Twitter (see Anyone out there using Twitter in the classroom?) and frankly I am all for introducing tools into the classroom which engage students. After all, whether in K-12 or in higher education,...; Tags: Twitter, Tool, Productivity, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2007-11-27
OLPC finally bears fruit ...: Yesterday, eSchool News reported: Mere hours after news broke that Uruguay's government placed the first official order for the One Laptop Per Child initiative's XO, or "$100 laptop," chip giant Intel Corp. announces that Libya has ordered 150,000 of Intel's own version of the low-cost laptop, the...; Tags: Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, Nicholas Negroponte, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2007-11-06
You can have an OLPC XO for only $400!!!: You can have an OLPC XO for only $400!!!No, but three nephews 11 and under willI already have an email alert. I will donate one, get the tax writeoff and the OLPC will replace the leapfrog that was used through the years now, with the last one (age 5...; Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, OLPC XO, computer; Discussion threads 2007-09-24
Is the road to Moscow paved with good intentions?: I just finished reading a most interesting post from my colleague, Chris Dawson -- Russia installing Linux in every school in the country -- reporting that ... ... the Russian government is actively pursuing the development of a "Russian OS" to be available to every school in the country -- based upon Linux!...; Tags: Educator, Russia, Microsoft Corp., Chris, Government, Linux, Vertical Industries, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Enterprise Software, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2007-09-20
More penny-wise, pound-foolishness: Just this morning I read another one of those "cheap computers for the classroom" stories in eSchool News. (See Low-cost school computing set to take off.) This time it's 400,000 thin clients for school children in Macedonia. Akin to the OLPC project, this one drops the wireless...; Tags: School, Computing, One Laptop Per Child Project, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2007-09-19
Hey look! Here's an iPhone ad from, uh, 1996!!: Hey look! Here's an iPhone ad from, uh, 1996!!It's a bird, it's a plane, no wait...It's a [url=http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Promotion_C1&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1165633244027&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper]Linksys iPhone![/url];)I wonder who owns the name... I hope they sue Apple.It's all childish, seriously, but the corporations like to act like schoolchildren in a sandbox, each screaming "Mine!" "No, mine!"...; Tags: Telephony, HEY LOOK, MINE!, iPhone Ad, advertisement, Apple iPhone; Discussion threads 2007-04-20
Daylight saving shift fails to curb energy use: Daylight saving shift fails to curb energy useOnly the US Government ...This really makes me laugh - could the US government POSSIBLY get any more egg on their faces - first there are NO weapons of mass destruction - then they force IT departments to spend a tonne of time...; Tags: DST, New DST, Daylight Saving Time; Discussion threads 2007-04-03
WA lawmakers try to address cyberbullying: For all the fears about online predators, schoolchildren in Seattle face a much more pressing concern: cyberbullying. A report from the Seattle School District found that over 40 percent of youths nationwide report that they were bullied online, while 53 percent said something unkind online. Nearly 60 percent of those...; Tags: Instant messaging, school district; Blog posts 2007-03-14
Why Linux will not displace Windows: I firmly believe that, all else being equal, the differences between the Windows desktop, the Macintosh desktop, and the Linux desktop are negligible. With the proper applications, all three platforms will be capable of providing a satisfactory experience for any user. All three platforms have both free and...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Linux, Microsoft Windows, desktop; Blog posts 2007-03-12
Should Education IT care about OLPC?: Youve all heard me rail-on about Nicholas Negropontes brainchild called "One Laptop per Child" and nothing has changed to alter my opinion. But now my fellow bloggers at ZDNet are wondering if Microsoft should be worrying now that this long-dreamt-of $100 laptop, running an extremely thin ROM-based Linux client,...; Tags: Education Technology; Blog posts 2007-03-08