Re: OLPC makes it to India

[Marc Wiriadisastra <marc mwiriadi id au>]

On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 21:25 +0900, Marc Wiriadisastra wrote:
> Hey All,
> 
> Just thought I would post this reference for Fedora being the base for
> OLPC.
> 
> http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2007/11/olpc-makes-its-entry-into-india-finally.html
> 
> When the OLPC first made news, a prominent official in the HRD ministry
> of the Indian government had gone on record snubbing the OLPC project
> ($100 laptop), even making a preposterous claim that work was under way
> to create India's own $10 laptop. But as things have worked out, OLPC
> has already made an entry into India in the form of a pilot project in a
> rural primary school in a village in the state of Maharasthra.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Marc
> 
A bit more info.

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Khairat_Chronicle

While I had nothing to do with OLPC I think this is a great news story
for how Fedora has helped bring Linux to more users.

Cheers,

Marc