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Manufacturer Picked For $100 Laptop

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the intel-ticked dept.

IZ Reloaded writes "MIT has picked Taiwanese firm Quanta to manufacture its $100 laptop. From PCWorld: 'Under terms of an agreement with One Laptop Per Child, Quanta will devote engineering resources to develop the $100 notebook design during the first half of the year, according to a statement issued by the group. At the same time, Quanta and the non-profit organization will explore the production of a commercial version of the laptop.'" Apparently they don't think it's ineffectual either.

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  1. Re:"Business at the Speed of Thought"-ish? by Syberghost · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I don't know, I think before any of that you could like put resources towards feeding people and providing them with fresh drinking water.

    If you give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. If you teach a man to fish, he'll eat for the rest of his life.

    This is about teaching the next generation how to fish and produce fresh drinking water.

    (holds breath waiting for the inevitable "fire" post).