>
> 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
>
> The petition:
> http://www.pledgebank.com/100laptop
>
I have signed the petition and should the project get off of the
ground, shall purchase a laptop for $300 and send a couple more
overseas.
daN
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