As I mentioned[0] at the SLUG meeting on Friday, OLPC Australia[1] have been awarded a Bronze Lion[2] at this year's Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival[3].
I think this is fantastic recognition for a Free Software project[4], especially one that is focused on assisting children in the most remote parts of the country. As way of disclosure. I'm the Engineering Manager at OLPC Australia. If you'd like to participate[5], especially (for me) in the technical field[6], please get in touch with me or with OLPC Australia through our Web site[7]. Sridhar [0] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1OQVwV0tI8&t=1h5m5s [1] http://www.laptop.org.au/ [2] http://www.canneslions.com/work/media/entry.cfm?entryid=1762&award=4 [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannes_Lions_International_Advertising_Festival [4] http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/2011/06/20/why-free-and-open-matters/ [5] http://www.laptop.org.au/participate [6] http://dev.laptop.org.au/participate [7] http://www.laptop.org.au/contact/general-form -- "Our mission is to enhance learning opportunities for the 400,000 children, aged 4-15, living in remote Australia, by providing each one with a connected XO laptop as part of a sustainable training and support program, by 2014." http://www.laptop.org.au/ http://www.laptop.org.au/participate http://dev.laptop.org.au/participate -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
