boston.com — The government of Peru has signed a contract to purchase 260,000 of the $188 machines, Uruguay has ordered 100,000, Carlos Slim is buying 50,000 for Mexican children, the Give 1 Get 1 program has so far reached 190,000 orders (half going to Afghanistan, Rwanda, Haiti, Cambodia..) - It's going to be a Merry Christmas for more than 610,000 children.
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charbaxDec 1, 2007Submitter
I posted more details at <a class="user" href="http://olpc.tv/2007/12/01/confirmed-olpc-xo-sales-so-far/">http://olpc.tv/2007/12/01/confirmed-olpc-xo-sales- ...</a>
Closed AccountDec 2, 2007
Some african kid just watched his first s**t eating porno thanks to this. He will grow into a fine spammer one day.
iotaDec 2, 2007
Teach a man to phish, and your grandparents credit card feeds him for the rest of his life.
marx2kDec 2, 2007
Yes, but is there contained within an infinite supply of macaroni, Elmer's glue and paper plates?
krusader3zDec 2, 2007
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herbertscrungeDec 2, 2007
And this would never have happened without OLPC.
entangledphysxDec 2, 2007
With kids getting new educations and the like thru this OLPC program, the future may show great promise and changing things for the better. Learn to get more food... how to clean water... housing details. Imagine the possibilities.
madkDec 2, 2007
Using a PC with no network to connect to and extremely limited software will teach you nothing.
stalefriesDec 2, 2007
lol, Eeeeeeeeeepc.
martalliDec 3, 2007
Only if they upgrade the processor to a 64x2 or c2d style processor. The current processor is adequate, but no speed demon. Anyway, we missed the date for Skynet and HAL. We look good so far.
dudley9May 25, 2008
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