I don't mean to dissuade you from suggesting it to the OLPC people - and there's certainly the opportunity to do that on their wiki - but to quote from that wiki: "We made a decision to base the OLPC on open-source software in order to provide countries (and to whatever degree appropriate, the children themselves) with the freedom to decide for themselves what to place on the machines, and to share and localize examples of best practice generated domestically and taken from abroad. "Open-source software gives children the opportunity to own the machine in every sense. While we don't expect every child to become a programmer, we don't want any ceiling imposed on those children who choose to reach towards complexity. We are using open document formats for much the same reason: transparency is empowering. The childrenand their teacherswill have the freedom to reshape, reinvent, and reapply their software, hardware, and content."
Björn Helgason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It would be great to have J on these machines http://www.businessweek.com/ap/tech/D8KJB1KO0.htm -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fugl&Fiskur ehf, Þerneyjarsund 23, Box 127 801 Grímsnes ,t-póst: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: gosiminn, gsm: +3546985532 Landslags og skrúðgarðagerð, gröfuþjónusta http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum /|_ .-----------------------------------. ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | ( -. | `-----------------------------------' | ) | (\_ _/) (`-. '--.) (='.'=) `. )----' (")_(") ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm --------------------------------- Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail . "The New Version is radically easier to use" The Wall Street Journal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
