I have to say I'm in two minds about the $100 laptop. Although I'm not
usually in agreement with Bill Gates, my feeling is a low cost handheld
device with mobile phone included might be a better option.
Chris
penguinforce wrote:
> You may have heard of Nicholas Negroponte from MIT, who has masterminded
> the concept of a 100$ laptop computer. His plan is to work out deals
> with governments of developing countries, to buy a million computers at
> a time and distribute them to the people.
>
> Of course, I'd love to get my hands on one of these laptops - they look
> cool, run Linux, and even have a crank-powered battery charger!
>
> To that end, there is a petition circulating on the web, which I think
> is a great idea. If you sign the petition, you agree to buy
> one of these for 300$. You get one laptop, and the two others are given
> to children who can use them. Of course, this can only go through if a
> very large number of people sign the petition.
>
> The laptop's official site:
> www.laptop.org <http://www.laptop.org>
>
> The petition:
> http://www.pledgebank.com/100laptop
>
>
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