The Children's Machine (CM1) from One Laptop per Child
Name Change Update!! The CM1 is now the 2B1
Woohoo! Aljazeera's scoop was right, and now its official: the One Laptop Per Child's initial computer will be called the CM1 - The Children's Machine 1.
Searching the OLPC Wiki, I found the official OLPC CM1 page, which even has a new marketing image of the OLPC, still with the same annoying fake screen shot of (Cambodian?) kids. Like I keep saying OLPC is all about marketing.
Anyway, looking at the history of the OLPC CM1 page, you'll note that Walter Bender, OLPC President for Software and Content, posted the Children's Machine 1 page on August 17th, three days after Aljazeera published its article referring to the OLPC laptop as the "CM1"
You go Aljazeera! Now I only wonder: Why did OLPC give them the scoop?
More CM1 News:
- New CM1 Production Specs
- Quanta Production Location & Schedule
- How to Buy a OLPC CM1
- The CM1 is now the 2B1
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Comments
"The Children's Machine"? Now that's not very original. You would think they could give it a snappy name.
Maybe "Pedagogically Correct"
Posted by: johnny g on August 26, 2006