I've updated [[G1G1 2008]] with more details, though not much about worldwide availability. The initial launch on Nov 17 will be just for the US; but there is work underway to launch the program in the UK, Germany and Japan. Regulatory and recycling issues are among the bottlenecks; Amazon does not currently ship electronics to very many countries.[1] We could use a text-only version for emailing, and translations of that page and the [[G1G1 FAQ]].
The Amazon store should be updated with real html soon; we are looking into a properly dynamic and updated amazon store like o'reilly's, featuring an amazon blog about g1g1 (I like this one: http://www.amazon.com/OReilly-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=69860). SJ [1] for books about the XO, on the other hand... http://www.lulu.com/content/3865224 I received my copy of the Lulu POD book produced from the August book sprint, and it is a hot item around the office. Now to get an XO book up on Amazon by early next month... On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Sean DALY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > True, but that page is missing information. I mean, Mr Kane announced > some interesting details concerning G1G1 worldwide availability about > eleven and a half minutes into a recent interview > (http://service.twistage.com/plugins/player.swf?v=6c86bf746a6d5&p=scobleizer-tv_fctv_social), > which to me is official, although I was a little disoriented when he > misstated the URL right afterwards. And the amazon.com/xo page has > been updated and better branded, which is great, but there is still no > information there about availability outside the US, and no live link > (I clicked five times on the link text before realizing it was a > static PNG image)... _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
