The International Macintosh Users Group presents:

                Language Support on the One Laptop Per Child XO Computer

Group:      International Macintosh Users Group (IMUG)
                   (A Forum for Multilingual / Multiscript Computing)
Date:         May 17, 2007, 7-9 p.m.
Speaker:    Ed Cherlin
Topic:        Language Support on the One Laptop Per Child XO Computer
Location:   Apple Computer, Apple Campus, 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino
                 Take Saratoga/Sunnyvale exit off 280, turn South into
                 Cupertino, turn left onto Mariani Avenue, left into
                 Infinite Loop. Meeting is held in the Singapore Room.
                 Please arrive by 7:10, as the door is not monitored
                 after this time.
Admission:  $4; free for IMUG members
Contact:    Roger Sherman, (650) 859-5981
                 roger [dot] sherman [at] sri [dot] com
Website:   http://www.imug.org

Language Support on the One Laptop Per Child XO Computer

The XO laptop (the first computer to run Free Software exclusively,
including BIOS and drivers) is going into six countries this year, and
many more in the future, requiring support for many languages. After a
brief demonstration of the XO laptop's general features, we will look
at built-in language support, localizations of Linux currently in
development, and future requirements. If time permits, we can discuss
the implications of all this for language technology, the end of
poverty, and the future in general.

Ed Cherlin has been a mathematician, Peace Corps volunteer, Buddhist
priest, market researcher, software developer, writer, and editor. He
is currently volunteering with One Laptop Per Child and organizing a
new non-profit, Earth Treasury, to connect schools around the world
for shared education and business opportunities. He has previously
talked to IMUG about language support in Linux.

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