[sf-lug] OLPC XO ("$100 laptop") available to public

[jim stockford]

    golly what a wonderful thing to see! Please bring it,
I'm asking; I hope others do, too.

On Sep 24, 2007, at 6:14 PM, Asheesh Laroia wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Sep 2007, jim stockford wrote:
>
>> As seen on the LUGOD and PenLUG mailing lists, thanks
>> to Bill Kendrick:
>>
>>> BBC News tells me:
>>>   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6994957.stm
>>>
>>>   Computer enthusiasts in the developed world will soon be able to 
>>> get
>>>   their hands on the so-called "$100 laptop".
>
> Creative Commons has a couple in the office, so if you guys ask I can
> bring one to an SF-LUG meeting, too.
>
> I'll try to flash it with the latest software from One Lapdance Per 
> Child
> (*) headquarters.
>
> -- Asheesh.
>
> *. See page 29 of http://web.mit.edu/voodoo/www/is_v92no2.pdf .  Note 
> that
> this is much funnier if you've read laptop.org or are generally 
> familiar
> with the project.
>
> --
> The IBM purchase of ROLM gives new meaning to the term "twisted pair".
>  		-- Howard Anderson, "Yankee Group"
>
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