OLPC production begins

Five years after the OLPC (one laptop per child) concept was first proposed, the $100 laptop is poised to go into mass production. Hardware suppliers have been given the green light to ramp-up production of all of the components needed to build millions of the low-cost machines. I guess this is not a bad idea, trying to give underdeveloped lands a leg up in the area of technology; provided people have water, food, medicine and shelter...

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