[sllug-members]: Anyone on the list a OLPC/G1G1 recipient?

[u235sentinel]

Funny you should mention this.  Besides pissing off Concast and pushing 
Utopia, I've been heavily working to get these laptop's in my kids 
Charter school.

If someone purchased before December 31, 2007 one of these (for about 
$400) you would have received one plus another needy child in the world 
would receive one.  Not a bad deal (guess I should have jumped on that one).

They are hard to get in the US for now but I'm sure somebody must have 
one (hint hint, the needy child program last year).

I don't know if anyone in the group has one, but later this year I'm 
hearing these laptops will get easier to purchase.  The problem 
basically is the focus on other countries.  Crossing the digital divide 
basically.

If you guys have a chance to see one of these in action, I think you 
would be impressed :D

Oh and yeah, it runs linux ;-)



Marc Christensen wrote:
> Hey, we have a meeting this week and wondered if anyone has been able to 
> get their hands on an OLPC/G1G1?
> 
> For more info on the One Laptop per Child, see the following links:
> 
> http://www.laptopgiving.org/en/index.php
> http://www.olpcnews.com/sales_talk/g1g1/olpc_g1g1_telephone_order.html
> 
> If there is someone on the list that has one, we were interested in 
> seeing if they might bring it to the meeting and we can take a look at 
> it, and they can talk about it...
> 
> -- 
> Marc
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