I think the project referenced below: www.ndiyo.org warrants discussion and attention.
-MM -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Benjamin J Doherty Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 5:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Techtalk] $100 Laptop On Sep 29, 2005, at 6:15 AM, Jim Adgate wrote: > I think someone posted to the list about this a while back, or > maybe it was > to Luni: > > http://laptop.media.mit.edu/ > > The speces don't mention anything about what it runs on but I > assumed it was > something open source, to keep the cost down. > > An interesting idea, hope it gets off the ground. Sounds like it > aimed more > at the third world than the poor here, but still could help bridge the > digital divide. Keep an eye on this project too: http://www.ndiyo.org/ It's not a laptop, but I already anticipate buying a few of them to expand the number of email and web stations in our CTC. The Nivo will actually be available for sale to individuals and organizations. _______________________________________________ Techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://heinlein.bookwyrme.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/techtalk _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
