On Fri, June 9, 2006 1:32 pm, Robert Citek wrote: > > On Jun 8, 2006, at 9:43 PM, Eric Martin wrote: > >> Robert, are programs like yours allowed to purchase things like the >> $100 laptop project? >> >> >> http://www.eschoolnews.com/eti/2006/05/001414.php >> > > Even if I wanted to get one for the group, these laptops are only > being sold to governments. From the FAQ[1]: > > "How will these be marketed? > The laptops will be sold to governments and issued to children by > schools on a basis of one laptop per child. Initial discussions have been > held with China, India, Brazil, Argentina, Egypt, Nigeria, and Thailand. > An additional, modest allocation of machines will be used > to seed developer communities in a number of other countries. A commercial > version of the machine will be explored in parallel."
Another option is to found the Person's Republic of Robert. But seriously, these laptops are targeted at people who have barely any resources. For $100, any USian can get cheapo PC for email and surfin'. The difference is that this $100 model can take more punishment and provides an adhoc mesh network for communication. It's a computer of last resort. -M _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
