Re: [school-discuss] $100.00 laptop

[Gerald Logan <glogan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I just noticed an article on this as well.  It has me excited, and 
can't wait to see what the prototype looks and works like.
On Sep 28, 2005, at 5:33 PM, Gordon J. Holtslander wrote:

> Came across these sites:
>
> haven't noticed this being discussed here.
>
> A $100.00 dollar laptop running linux - intended for education in the
> developing world - and likely very practical for the developed world 
> to.
>
> http://laptop.media.mit.edu/
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1935&tag=nl.e589
>
> prototype to be released at  World Summit on the Information Society 
> (WSIS)
> http://www.itu.int/wsis/ in November.
>
> It looks like it is intended to support tablet style use (in addition 
> to a
> keyboard)- so one can use it without using a keyboard.  This opens many
> avenues.
>
> Gord
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