Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Nigeria buys into US$100 laptop concept
>
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> | The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative for the developing world,
> | the brainchild of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media
> | Lab co-founder Nicholas Negroponte, is gaining ground in Africa, with
> | Nigeria announcing the acquisition of one million laptops.
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>
> http://www.linuxworld.com.au
index.php?id=1237594850&rid=-50
Obligatory Reply
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I hope they didn't fall for a Nigerian Scam.
(On a more serious note, I really hope they didn't fall for
a nigerian scam.
The whole OLPC project seems to be run on a knife edge
with figures being banded about and publicity being
banded about. The $150 PC is already available in India
and continually going down in cost.
The OLPC is now set to cost $130.
I just hope no one is buying into a white elephant to
be tricked out of money, hardware and wasted software
efforts at a later date.
)
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