Opposing Views
This page is to record views of those opposed to the project for various reasons, including those who, while they may agree with the project goals, disagree with the means the project proposes to achieve those goals.
- Article on views of a Human Resources Development minister in India regarding the OLPC project
- Teaching, Institutional and Professional Barriers (The sincere anxieties of a well-wishing friend.)
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Intel's Classmate PC is held out as an alternative to the OLPC system.
Articles mentioning it include the following:
CNet 2006 July 15
IHT/AP 2006 December 5 (Note on the question of shipping costs raised in this article: Annenberg Media's 2002 Workshop number 8 for US grade 7-12 geography teachers, described here, includes a video which makes the following claim:
In just the last 15 years, the cost of shipping a VCR across the Pacific was reduced 95% from $30 to about $1.50.)
