Jeanette wrote:
> John Bailo wrote:
>>
http://digital50.com/news/items/BW/2001/07/14/20070112005706/one-laptop-per-child-has-no-plans-to-commercialize-xo-computer.html
>>
>>> CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-(Business Wire)-January 13, 2007 - One Laptop per Child
>> (OLPC), a non-profit organization with the goal of providing children in
>> developing nations with laptop computers, today announced that contrary
>> to previously published reports OLPC has no plans to make the XO laptops
>> available for sale to the general public. OLPC's focus is getting XO
>> laptops into the hands of children in developing nations. Currently,
>> official OLPC launch countries include Libya, Argentina, Brazil, Nigeria,
>> Rwanda and Uruguay.
>>
> Jeanette wrote:
>
> OLPC seems to have missed their chance. Now many others are coming into
> this market that will provide sales to others.
>
> Too bad they could have used the money to pay for more OLPC for the kids
> who needed them.
Some say that the children are the winners because this 'competition' will
lower prices and improve quality. Given the documents Nick has shown, it's
a shame that Intel felt inclined to become anti-not-for-profit. The scummy
stories behind this say a lot.
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~~ Best of wishes
everytime you say things like this i just think of that cult of people
who send around .doc files. i dont want to communicate with people who
talk in .doc format, but they do not wish to use something else, so
they discredit those without word. --Ed, c.o.l.a.
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