Why We Need a $200 Linux Notebook in the US
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| Sincere hope that those here in our home countries will soon have access to
| truly low cost solutions like the 3ePC. What remains a bit unclear to me
| however is whether we (in the US), among other countries, which might not be
| suited for OLPC, will be seeing access to these units anytime soon.
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http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2620&Itemid=449
Intel’s Approach to Laptops for Poor Children
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| Some of the competitive friction came from the fact that Mr. Negroponte’s
| machine runs on a chip made by AMD, Intel’s rival in the microprocessor
| business. The One Laptop machine runs the Linux operating system, while most
| of the Intel machines run Microsoft’s Windows (though they can run Linux).
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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/07/intels-approach-to-laptops-for-poor-children/
Related:
OLPC Linux laptop could succeed in U.S.
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| The laptop features a string pulley to charge its battery, a keyboard
| that switches between languages, a digital video camera, wireless
| connectivity, and an open-source Linux operating system tailored for
| remote regions.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS4220342075.html
Laptop Wars: It Could Transform Life for Billions of Children
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| But now, with support from big corporations and component
| makers, Negroponte's vision has become reality.
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http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/957934/laptop_wars_it_could_transform_life_for_billions_of_children/index.html
http://tinyurl.com/2byaec
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