Fwd: [sf-lug] OLPC XO ("$100 laptop") available to public

["Kristian Erik Hermansen" <user=152@nabble.blu.org>]

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From: jim stockford <[hidden email]> 
Date: Sep 24, 2007 6:09 PM 
Subject: [sf-lug] OLPC XO ("$100 laptop") available to public 
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As seen on the LUGOD and PenLUG mailing lists, thanks 
to Bill Kendrick: 

> BBC News tells me: 
>   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6994957.stm
> 
>   Computer enthusiasts in the developed world will soon be able to get 
>   their hands on the so-called "$100 laptop". 
> 
>   The organisation behind the project has launched the "give one, get 
> one" 
>   scheme that will allow US residents to purchase two laptops for $399. 
> 
>   One laptop will be sent to the buyer whilst a child in the 
>   developing world will receive the second machine. 
> 
>   The G1G1 scheme, as it is known, will offer the laptops for just two 
>   weeks, starting on the 12 November. 
> <-------------------------------------!!!!!