[Edu-sig] F.Y.I.: this month's cover story for CACM is "OLPC: Vision vs. Reality" (cross posted)

[kirby urner]

Hey thanks for the pointer Gerry, I'll be interested in others'
opinions of that analysis.

Mine is somewhat different in that I think real tangible evidence of a
positive future is a threat to moneyed interests pushing a different
agenda, otherwise we'd have seen XOs on Tony the Tiger cereal boxes by
now, whereas they're only just getting around to sharing free memory
stix:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/17157315@N00/3535504824/

http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=17157315%40N00&q=grunch&m=text  (more
cereal box pix)

Not that you'd get an actual XO in the box (too heavy), but it's a
really fascinating story that could've been shared on a voluntary
basis by companies interested in boosting the OLPC agenda e.g.
Kellogg's and like that.

Lots more in my blogs, where the XO is faithfully marketed (plus I
have two, one for the roadshow, one on loan to a young child on a
rotating basis -- like a library):

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=XO&w=17157315%40N00

Kirby


On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 7:56 AM, gerry_lowry (alliston ontario canada)
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