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The mission of the non-profit One Laptop per Child association is to develop a low-cost laptop—the "$100 Laptop"—a technology that could revolutionize how we educate the world's children. Chaired by Nicholas Negroponte, their goal is to provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment, and express themselves. Michael Evans, Vice President, Corporate Development of Redhat, discusses the project, including its initial development. He reviews Red Hat's role in the project and how important it is to design the project with hardware and software developers together.
He reviews the current status of the hardware and assesses some of the changes made from the initial plans. He also discusses the software aspects of the machine, including both operating system, user interface, and possible applications. He notes that MySQL will be an important part of the process and talks about how it will be important to consider the young enduser and how they will be able to use the laptop for both education and as a tool.
Michael Evans joined Red Hat in 1999. He has been Vice President, Business Development and VP, WW OEM & Channel Sales for Red Hat, and now looks at emerging business and technology areas for Red Hat. Prior to Red Hat he was a founder of Bluecurve, Inc., which specialized in systems management software, and prior to that was in charge of business development for Intel platforms at Sybase. He is involved in Red Hat's client-side technology strategy, and has served on the Board of Directors of the One Laptop per Child ($100 Laptop) non-profit effort for the last two years.
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