Update on OLPCSoftware on the low-cost laptop for school kids could be more revolutionary than its economics

Software on the low-cost laptop for school kids could be more revolutionary than its economics. AP. Boston Herald. Online Jan. 2007. ... Forget windows, folders and boxes that pop up with text. When students in Thailand, Libya and other developing countries get their $150 computers from the One Laptop Per Child project in 2007, their experience will be unlike anything on standard PCs. … basic home screen with a stick-figure icon at the center, surrounded by a white ring. The entire desktop has a black frame with more icons. … This runic setup signifies the student at the middle. The ring contains programs the student is running, which can be launched by clicking the appropriate icon in the black frame. … view the entire "neighborhood" - the XO’s preferred term instead of "desktop" - other stick figures in different colors might appear on the screen. Those indicate schoolmates who are nearby, as detected by the computers’ built-in wireless networking capability. …