Lonely Lion

Found this write up about Romania rejecting the OLPC via Grig’s blog. The Romanian parliament rejected an OLPC proposal because the XO “lacks MS Word.” Clearly they don’t understand the project, which is a shame. I worked for the Chicago Public School system for a few months. I know that education isn’t safe from the influence of large technology companies. I’m assuming these companies are responsible for propagating these kinds of anti-OLPC arguments. The OLPC project isn’t about laptops, it’s about education. Unfortunately, in the eyes of many of these technology companies, it is about laptops. That story is very disappointing.