Red Hat boss claims digital divide contributes to terrorism
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| Red Hat has been heavily involved in the One Laptop per Child project
| (OLPC) which aims to provide developing nations with access to a cheap
| PC for around $100.
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10005265o-2000331759b,00.htm
Learning as easy as pie
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| Once upon a time, a man set out to give away an exceptional laptop to
| millions of children. What sounds like a fairy tale is actually the "One
| Laptop per Child" (OLPC) project, which is already supplying interested
| governments with laptops. It expects to cross the one-million next year.
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http://www.heise.de/mobil/artikel/88916
Related (Linux competition):
Zonbu to Roll Out $99 Linux-Based Computer This Summer
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| There's a cheap computer on the way that undercuts them all, the $99
| Zonbu, due this summer in a silent-running form factor that's about
| the size of a paperback book.
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http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/cheap-pc/zonbu-to-roll-out-99-linux+based-computer-this-summer-258177.php
HRD hopes to make $10 laptops a reality
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| So far, the cost of one laptop, after factoring in labour charges,
| is coming to $47 but the ministry feels the price will come
| down dramatically considering the fact that the demand would
| be for one million laptops.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/TOIonline/India/HRD_hopes_to_make_10_laptops_a_reality/articleshow/1999849.cms
Made in India PC for just about $100
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| While global computing giants like IBM and AMD are yet to give
| shape to their ambitious plans for a computer that costs 100
| dollars or less, an Indian company has already set its eyes on
| 10 million potential customers with its up-and-running PC
| priced at Rs 4,500 only.
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http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=85690
France caters to market for the most simple of computers
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| For e39.90, or $53.30 - a e10 premium over the price of most broadband
| subscriptions in France - customers get a white computer roughly the size
| and shape of a toaster. A one-time payment of e29 buys a keyboard, mouse
| and camera; for e99 more, the customer can get a 14-inch color monitor.
|
| [...]
|
| For the operating system, the computer uses a version of Linux with
| a graphic overlay designed by Neuf.
|
| "The choice of open source was both for price and motivation,"
| Charrier said. "We pay no licensing fee for the software, and
| engineers feel motivated to work on a new kind of project that
| helps the open-source community."
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http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/02/technology/neuf.php
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