OLPC Thailand

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ราชอาณาจักรไทย
Ratcha Anachak Thai

Kingdom of Thailand
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Capital Bangkok (Krung Thep)
Official languages Thai
Area 514,000 km²
Population
 - 2005 estimate 64,185,502
 - 2000 census 60,916,441
 - Density 126/km²
Education
 - Literacy (%) 92.6
 - Compulsory Years
 - Compulsory Age
 - Pop. in School Age
 - Pop. in School
GDP (PPP) 2005 est. USD 550 billion
 - Per capita USD 8,600
GDP (nominal) 2005 est. USD 183 billion
 - Per capita
HDI  (2004) 0.784 (medium)
Gini Index  (2002) 51.1
Time zone (UTC+7)
Internet TLD .th
Calling code +66
More statistics...

This is the starting point for information about OLPC in Thailand.

2006 Coup and Its Effects on Open Source Thailand

During the administration of Thaksin Shinawatra, the government of Thailand was quite enthusiastic about OLPC and related open source ideology. In 2006 a military coup d'etat deposed the government headed by Thaksin and his "Thai Rak Thai" (Thai Freedom) party. The new executive department is referred to as the "National Security Council," and appears to be committed to reversing many of Thaksin's policies. Support for open/free source software appears to have been curtailed by the new administration, and this cooling toward such projects seems to have also affected enthusiasm for the One Laptop Per Child project. Apparently the administration has shifted its emphasis to building relations with Microsoft.

Localization experience

The program Application Program: Test of ability with arithmetic may or may not become produced, yet if you wish to try adding some strings for localizing into Thai you are welcome to do so.