Re: [SLE] 100 Million Linux OT

From: Sid Boyce (sboyce_at_blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: 09/30/05

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    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.
    >
    > 

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