Re: [MLUG] Anyone planning on getting a OLPC laptop?

["Jonathan King" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On 11/12/07, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Mark Rages wrote:
>
> > There are a lot of cool ideas in the OLPC laptop:
> >
> > http://bc.tech.coop/blog/071112.html
>
> Amazing -- it really exists now and is on sale?  Why does the program last
> for only two weeks??!  I'll have to think about it.
>
> My wife's family is in Quito, Ecuador, and they are all quite poor by our
> standards.  All of her nieces and nephews could use these laptops.  To pay
> $400 each is a little steep, but if I could get them for $200 apiece, I
> might just buy a dozen and have them shipped directly to Quito.

But you see, Mike, this doesn't fit in with the Grand Plan, so as far
as I know your idea, however generous and noble, won't fly with them.
Sure, it would do tons of good to get a dozen of these into Ecuador to
people you care about, but that's just not what they have in mind. I
hope they will come around. Not so long ago, they completely denied
that it would be a good idea to let anybody state-side have them at
all. They've relented there, but I am still a bit worried about how
this will work out.

jking

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