New names for the OLPC?
Posted on | May 16, 2008 | Comments Off
Now that Microsoft XP is the new `official’ operating system for the OLPC units, I suspect that the meaning behind the OLPC acronym or the acronym itself will change.
Some suggestions are already floating around:
- OLPC -> One License Per Child
- OBSPC -> One Blue Screen Per Child
- OBNPC -> One Botnet Node Per Child
It just goes to show. Most nerds _really_ dislike Microsoft, even the ones who use (and sometimes make) Microsoft products. But why change the acronym?
Personally I think any new name should be a recursive acronym. I can’t think of one at the moment, but I will. (O)LPC (L)acks (P)roactive (C)ommunication will have to do for now. It doesn’t really describe the unit itself, so its not a good acronym.
It does, however, sum up the OLPC leadership in 4 letters. Colloquial terms tend to stick, who knows what OLPC will mean to people in the months to come.
