[Year 12 IT Apps] $200 laptop scheme starts production

[Mark Kelly]

"The One Laptop Per Child Program, which hopes to spread sub-$200 
computers to schoolchildren in developing countries, has reached a 
milestone with the start of mass production.

The nonprofit spinoff from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
said assembly lines for its "XO" laptops were fired up Tuesday at a 
Chinese factory run by manufacturer Quanta Computer Inc. That means 
children should begin getting the green-and-white computers this month."

(note - your browser may break the following URL)...

http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/H/HUNDRED_DOLLAR_LAPTOP?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-11-07-10-56-03


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Mark Kelly
Manager - Information Systems
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