Milestones
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2007
July. 2007 | One Laptop per Child Announces Final Beta Version of it's Revolutionary XO Laptop. |
Apr. 2007 | First pre-B3 machines built. |
Mar. 2007 | First mesh network deployment. |
Feb. 2007 | B2-test machines become available and are shipped to developers and the launch countries. |
Jan. 2007 | Rwanda announced its participation in the project. |
2006
Dec. 2006 | Uruguay announced its participation in the project. |
Nov. 2006 | First B1 machines are built; IDB and OLPC formalize an agreement regarding Latin American and Caribbean education. |
Oct. 2006 | B-test boards become available; Libya announces plans for one laptop for every child |
Sep. 2006 | UI designs presented; integrated software build released; SES-Astra joins OLPC |
Aug. 2006 | Working prototype of the dual-mode display |
Jun. 2006 | 500 developer boards are shipped worldwide; WiFi operational; Csound demonstrated over the mesh network First video with working prototype [1] |
May 2006 | eBay joins OLPC; display specs set; A-test boards become available; $100 Server is announced |
Apr. 2006 | Pre-A test board boots; Squid and FreePlay present first human-power systems |
Mar. 2006 | Yves Behar and FuseProject are selected as industry designers |
Feb. 2006 | Marvell joins OLPC and continues to partner on network hardware |
Jan. 2006 | World Economic Forum, Switzerland UNDP and OLPC Sign Partnership Agreement news release |
2005
Dec. 2005 | Quanta Computer Inc. to Manufacture Laptop (html)(pdf) |
Nov. 2005 | WSIS, Tunisia Prototype Unveiled by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan; Nortel joins OLPC Photos: (Image 1)
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Aug. 2005 | Design Continuum starts design of first laptop |
Jul. 2005 | Formal signing of original members of OLPC |
Mar. 2005 | Brightstar and Red Hat come on board |
Jan. 2005 | Laptop initiative officially announced at World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland; AMD, News Corp. and Google agree to join OLPC |