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First Photos of MIT $100 Laptop

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.

An anonymous reader noted that MITs $100 laptop was unveiled at the Seven Countries Task Force Meeting. It runs a special version of the Fedora linux and it comes with native wireless lan support. You can see the photo album, and you can pledge to buy one at triple price... in order to donate 2 of them to children.

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  1. Freedom where art thou? by Distinguished+Hero · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    You can see the photo album, and you can pledge to buy one at triple price... in order to donate 2 of them to children.

    Can I just one buy one at the regular price without being discriminated against (see price discrimination). Forced charity is no charity at all.

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    1. Re:Freedom where art thou? by Distinguished+Hero · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      How can a topical, point by point rebuttal of a post currently modded +4, Insightful be modded down all the way to -1, Offtopic? The hypocrisy of the average Slashdot moderator is astounding. Come on, mod this down as well, prove me right! May you all rot in meta-moderation hell (or purgatory, as the case may be).

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  2. Re:These look great! by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The only one I am familiar with (Steve), offered free Mac OS X licenses to this group for all the laptops. His offer was declined [macnn.com]. You can argue all you want about his motives,

    Jobs was aware of the requirements of the one laptop per child project & new that OS X was totally unsuited. I think offering that license knowing it would be refused & cause confusion amongst mac fans was distracting, detracting & downplaying the project.

    but you really can't say that he "downplayed" anything.

    I'm afraid I just did :D

    I do agree with you tho' that Job's was smarter & classier about his downplaying then Gate's vitriol & pettiness.

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