kanenas wrote:
BBC has picked up the sory on their website. check under tech news.
I couldn't see it there. There was an article on the $100.00 laptop with Linux installed, but I caught just the words "Linux operating system" on the 05:30 news on Radio 5. Regards Sid.
On Thursday 29 September 2005 10:30, B. Stia wrote:
Hello SuSE folk,
Since this is an international list I thought many of you would not see this. I thought it is important for you to know. It was a newspaper article in the St. Petersburg Fl. Times.
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) has developed a very innovative and rugged $100 dollar laptop for children which is to be mass produced and runs Linux. Within a year 5 to 15 million will be produced for children in Brazil, China, Egypt, Thailand, and South Africa.
Within a few years 100 to 150 million will be made and distributed to children all over the world. The State of Massachusettts will purchase 500,000 next year to distribute to their school children. To see the entire article visit the folowing URL.
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/09/29/Worldandnation/Goal__100_laptop_for_.shtm l
IMAGINE !!!! 100 million kids learning to use Linux !!
Bob S.
-- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks