[OT] OLPC in FTD

Hi,

I just wanted to mention that there is an article on the OLPC in the Financial Times Germany today. Mostly describing the hardware and not so much the project. But there is a reference to "Give 1 Get 1".
Summary of the author in the subtitle: "The laptop I always wanted!"

Alex

PS: Unfortunately there seems to be no online version of the article

On Oct 12, 2007, at 10:26 , Alexander Lazarevic wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I just wanted to mention that there is an article on the OLPC in  
> the Financial Times Germany today. Mostly describing the hardware  
> and not so much the project. But there is a reference to "Give 1  
> Get 1".
> Summary of the author in the subtitle: "The laptop I always wanted!"

There will also be a take on the laptop (shot in Magdeburg) in German  
television this Monday 15th:

        http://www.rbb-online.de/_/was/naechste_jsp.html

I surely hope they will get their facts right when airing, the web  
site at least does not.

- Bert -

Bert Freudenberg schrieb:
> There will also be a take on the laptop (shot in Magdeburg) in German
> television this Monday 15th:
I missed that, but saw you and your kids on prime time news
(tagesthemen) this evening. Very nice! :D

Cheers,
   Alex

PS: There should be an online version tomorrow at
     
http://www.tagesschau.de/templates/pages/multimedia/more_broadcast.jsp

Alexander Lazarević schrieb:
> PS: There should be an online version tomorrow at
>      
> http://www.tagesschau.de/templates/pages/multimedia/more_broadcast.jsp
>
>  
The direct link to the video is here:
http://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/video/video221108.htm


Alex

Alexander Lazarević wrote:
> PS: There should be an online version tomorrow at
>      
> http://www.tagesschau.de/templates/pages/multimedia/more_broadcast.jsp

Nice segment. The only thing that left me wondering is who Ananda
Prakash (which is probably spelled wrongly but it's the name they
displayed during the segment) is and what qualifies him to play a
"computer expert criticizing the OLPC project" on German TV.

Cheers,
   - Andreas

Andreas Raab schrieb:
> Nice segment. The only thing that left me wondering is who Ananda
> Prakash (which is probably spelled wrongly but it's the name they
> displayed during the segment) is and what qualifies him to play a
> "computer expert criticizing the OLPC project" on German TV.
Yes, that felt strange. I guess in their aim to have a balanced coverage
they needed anybody with an opposing opinion about the OLPC.

Alex

On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:45:36 -0700, Andreas Raab <[hidden email]>  
wrote:

> Alexander Lazarević wrote:
>> PS: There should be an online version tomorrow at
>>        
>> http://www.tagesschau.de/templates/pages/multimedia/more_broadcast.jsp
>
> Nice segment. The only thing that left me wondering is who Ananda  
> Prakash (which is probably spelled wrongly but it's the name they  
> displayed during the segment) is and what qualifies him to play a  
> "computer expert criticizing the OLPC project" on German TV.

Well, if it's anything like here (in the USA), he's some guy that the  
producers know who was willing to say something negative to give the  
appearance of balance. That's really all the qualifications you need.

On Oct 17, 2007, at 7:10 , Blake wrote:

Well it looks like he is in the laptop selling business so he  
obviously qualifies as "computer expert".

For those who don't understand German: his critique is that the  
laptops will be taken from the kids and sold, which he knows because  
he is from Venezuela.

Other than that it was indeed a nice presentation (even though they  
mentioned "drawing program" while showing an Etoys car following a  
road). That footage was about a German pilot project in an Ethiopian  
school.

- Bert -