[Olpc-open] Why not just sell the OLPC XO-1?

I am curious why OLPC does not sell XO-1s? If they were sold at about 250 - 300 dollars, there would be roughly a 50 - 100 donation for OLPC, and then the price would be reasonably competitive with other netbook prices. Also, I would recommend selling an XO-1 for about 50 dollars more that

Re: [Olpc-open] Why not just sell the OLPC XO-1?

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 5:54 AM, Josh Cogliati jjcogliati-o...@yahoo.com wrote: I am curious why OLPC does not sell XO-1s? If they were sold at about 250 - 300 dollars, there would be roughly a 50 - 100 donation for OLPC, and then the price would be reasonably competitive with other netbook

[Olpc-open] 2PM EDT Friday: BRIEF Contributors Program Mtg (#olpc-meeting)

Join us reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community projects today 2PM EDT (Boston Time) -- in 15MIN! Sorry for the late notice; all are welcome -- please join here: http://forum.laptop.org/chat Then type at bottom: /join #olpc-meeting AGENDA: * fast review of a couple of the

[Olpc-open] First OLPC-UK Community Meeting!

All, First OLPC-UK Community Meeting We are one step closer to having an OLPC community in the UK! This has been possible due to the efforts of Michael Jordan and others. Our first meeting has been organised in Central London, with the purpose of getting to know each other and discussing

[Olpc-open] how to start your own.. Laptop Lending Library! [Austin, UK, Australia, etc]

What a thrill a dozen Laptop Lending Library proposals are suddenly now in the works: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects#XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries Time to kick your own local community in the pants?? Great suggestions to start your very own little library: