Brian Schott wrote: > http://laptop.org/ > > The $100/$200 laptop is about to become available > for $400 on Nov 12, I believe. My understanding is that > beginning on that date if you buy two laptops, you get to > keep one and the other is donated to a child. > > After reading about the laptop at the link above, I > have begun to think about getting in on this "deal" and > wonder if others in this list have any such plans. If so, > can you tell me why: re there any practical uses for us > grown up children? >
I intend to get one for two reasons: I am curious, and my wife does research in children's use of technology. I tried to get the OS emulator to work some time ago, but never succeeded in compiling it. Since it is based on Fedora, there is some hope that J can be run on it. Best wishes, John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
