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gogulino — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:24:16 -0400

who killed the electric car? who killed de 99$ computer... i'm sceptic about this even if i'm pro

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Roaming Technologies — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:44:11 -0400

This is a fantastic initiative, in regards to green energey and getting computers to more of the world. I just feel for the children having to wind it for one minute every 10.

A Little Laptop With Big Ambitions

Rob Katz — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:48:16 -0500

November 24, 2007 - 10:00, Wall Street Journal

A Little Laptop With Big Ambitions

Story Link: http://online.wsj.com/article_print/SB119586754115002717.html

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...But nearly three years later, only about 2,000 students in pilot programs have received computers from the One Laptop project. An order from Uruguay for 100,000 machines appears to be the only solid deal to date with a country, although Mr. Negroponte says he's on the verge of sealing an order from Peru for 250,000. The first mass-production run, which began this month in China, is for 300,000 laptops, tens of thousands of which are slated to go to U.S. consumers. Mr. Negroponte's goal of 150 million users by the end of 2008 looks unattainable.

In 2005, Nicholas Negroponte unveiled an idea for bridging the technology divide between rich nations and the developing world. It was captivating in its utter simplicity: design a $100 laptop and, within four years, get it into the hands of up to 150 million of the world's poorest schoolchildren.

World leaders and corporate benefactors jumped in to support the nonprofit project, called One Laptop Per Child. Mr. Negroponte, a professor on leave from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, hopscotched the world collecting pledges from developing nations to buy the laptops in bulk.

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