There have been a few stories about what the XO’s (nee kinderlappy) will be costing and where it’s going to be available. But until recently, it’s availability to the “developed” world has been unknown. Enter The Giving Project.
Starting November 12th, for $399USD (that should be about $1.50CDN by the time 😉 … oh the hubris :D), if you buy one, you get a tax receipt for half (US only I would assume) and OLPC will provide one laptop for some child elsewhere in the world.
This is brilliant, this way governments can get help from the “geeks” that can, schools here, who already sponsor children can purchase a lab of these machines and know that there is another lab out there somewhere in the world (if only there was that level of control) that is also being developed. This certainly is paying forward, or helping others by helping yourself.
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