On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 10:48:24PM -0500, phillinux wrote: > At 10:41 PM 1/5/2008, you wrote: [that's me]
> >You can buy the Asus EEE PC for $299, and it already comes with > >OpenOffice.org. > > > >It isn't as cool--no portable charger, no sunlight mode, and so forth, but > >it's closer to what you want. > Part of this is believing in the project of putting a $100 laptop in > the hands of kids in the third world. Fair enough, but ... > BTW, there's a real difference between $100 and $299 The OLPC XO costs $280 for non-governments at last report (in quantities under 1000). Okay, I looked it up. That program is now over, ending 31 December of 2007. Now you cannot buy them at all, apparently. http://laptopgiving.org/en/faq.php -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Read my blog at blog.nitpicking.com. Reviews! Observations! Stupid mistakes you can correct! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]