One Laptop Per Child... ..and for me too?

Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing Blog writes ... and I agree: "I'll buy three for a developing country if I can buy one more for myself".

This, in response to the announcement by Mary Lou Jepsen, CTO of the One Laptop Per Child Foundation, that they may sell the (rugged $100) laptops in the developed world next Christmas, marking them up to either $350 or $525.

I think they would sell like hotcakes if each purchase made even one available to a developing nation's child.

The foundation "One Laptop Per Child"- (founded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher Nicholas Negroponte) has a production cost of about $175. Jepson tells more in an interview with Reuters.

Learn more: http://www.olpcnews.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$100_laptop

http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/02/23/building-the-xo-introducing-sugar/

on another note, I'm excited about loading one of my older machines up with a Linux OS.....

The fedora project and knoppix.com are calling my name! I'll let you know how it goes!

Here's a provacative thought.... 'free software that gives the rest a run for it's money!'