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 solasaurus rated 5 months ago- I really have to admire Walter Bender for sticking to his position. He's right to point out that it's not just about getting cheap laptops to kids, but redefining the learning ecosystem. Microsoft makes stupid software and they have a stranglehold on educational software. It's time to change that by developing software and interfaces made by the people, for the people. In this way we would be fulfilling the true potential of education by empowering people.
From the page: "Sugar Labs' Walter Bender said, "I didn't leave OLPC because of the Microsoft deal - it was a symptom rather than the cause," he told BBC News.
"I left OLPC because I think the most important thing it is doing is defining a learning ecosystem."
He said that over time his own views on how best to bring education to children in the developing world had diverged from those held by OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte.
"One goal is to just maximise the number of laptops you get out to kids. And that is unequivocally Nicholas' goal."
But, he said, there was another approach.
"My approach is to demonstrate to the world a way to [deliver education] that is impactful and can scale but not be the one that necessarily does the delivering of the laptops.
"I felt that OLPC was moving very rapidly towards Nicholas' goal and my goal within the organisation was going to be more difficult to achieve.""
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