OLPC Update

There has been a delay in the delivery of our OLPC laptop. Our donation for the "Give One Get One" program has already gone to the placement of a machine somewhere else in the world. Despite the delay we will be awaiting for the arrival of our laptop.

Here is a message that our teacher recieved from Nicholas Negroponte about the delay.

Please accept my apologies for the delay in receiving your XO laptop. Give One Get One was such a phenomenal success that we over-taxed our order processing and payment systems. Demand exceeded supply. Additional XO laptops are being built now and will be delivered in 45 to 60 days. If you wish to reconsider your contribution in the face of this delay, we will issue a refund to you. We have set up a dedicated phone line for these requests. The number is 1-800-883-8102. In the meanwhile, please know that laptops are in the process of going to Mongolia, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Rwanda and Haiti as part of the "give one" side of the equation. Fortunately, OLPC's mission of getting laptops to the children in these countries has not been delayed. In Mongolia, the children are already enjoying themselves and learning new things with their XO laptops. Please see: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ulaanbaatar. Eliminating poverty through learning is gaining wider acceptance thanks to support like yours.


Sincerely,



Nicholas Negroponte
Chairman
OLPC Foundation

Visual C++

Visual C++ is the new program we have started working on in our ICT 12 class. We have recieved a booklet containing a bunch of Visual C++ program codes. We were assigned to download Visual C++ at home and run the assigned program. Our first program will be "Hello World". I am interested on how this program works and how it is different to the other program we have used so far.

You can download Visual C++ for yourself. Just go to this link:
http://www.microsoft.com/express/2005/download/default.aspx