The Bittersweet Facts about OLPC and Sugar

Posted by scrubs on Apr 26, 2009 12:56 AM EDT
Free Software Magazine; By Terry Hancock 		Mail this story
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Recently, I had to fact-check some older articles I wrote about One Laptop Per Child in order to bring them up to date. This meant digging through the controversy in 2008, and what I found was some pretty appalling human behavior. That’s the “bitter”. The “sweet” is that both OLPC and Sugar (now separate projects) are both doing a lot of good in the world. Sugar, in particular, is doing a better job of connecting with the community. That’s a challenge for us in the community to step up and do a much better job connecting with Sugar. We need to make it the best thing ever, and that’s going to mean more than lip service. So we all need to get it installed and start contributing. Read the full story at Freesoftware Magazine.

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