Walter Bender speaks out about leaving OLPC, de-emphasis of radical projects

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Rocketboy @ Apr 28th 2008 3:05PM

And I'm sure that the built in applications to Sugar could not have been duplicated without starting from the OS up? Right?

Face it, OLPC was nothing but a way for NickNeg to get his name in the history books. It was a legacy for him. All you need to do is listen to some interviews of him regarding the OLPC, and it becomes clear as day.

OLPC is a square peg that is trying to be forced into a round hole.

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