Re: Hacking the OLPC XO
On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 10:48:24PM -0500, phillinux wrote:
> At 10:41 PM 1/5/2008, you wrote: [that's me]
> >You can buy the Asus EEE PC for $299, and it already comes with
> >OpenOffice.org.
> >
> >It isn't as cool--no portable charger, no sunlight mode, and so forth, but
> >it's closer to what you want.
> Part of this is believing in the project of putting a $100 laptop in
> the hands of kids in the third world.
Fair enough, but ...
> BTW, there's a real difference between $100 and $299
The OLPC XO costs $280 for non-governments at last report (in quantities
under 1000).
Okay, I looked it up. That program is now over, ending 31 December of 2007.
Now you cannot buy them at all, apparently.
http://laptopgiving.org/en/faq.php
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