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One Laptop per Child company history timeline

2005

In 2005, Negroponte spoke at the World Economic Forum, in Davos.

2006

At the 2006 Wikimania, Jimmy Wales announced that the One Laptop Per Child Project would be including Wikipedia as the first element in their content repository.

At the 2006 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) announced it would back the laptop.

2007

Starting in 2007, the Association managed development and logistics, and the Foundation managed fundraising such as the Give One Get One campaign ("G1G1").

2008

In late 2008, the NYC Department of Education purchased some XO computers for use by New York schoolchildren.

In 2008, OLPC lost significant funding.

2009

Their annual budget was slashed from $12 million to $5 million which resulted in a restructuring on January 7, 2009.

2010

In 2010, OLPC moved its headquarters to Miami.

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2005
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Miami, FL
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Nicholas Negroponte,Seymour Papert
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