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One Laptop Per Child Gets 4 Million Laptop Order

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the tall-orders-to-fill dept.

An anonymous reader writes "DesktopLinux.com is reporting that four countries have together ordered 4 million low-cost, Linux-based laptops from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. The countries of Nigeria, Brazil, Argentina, and Thailand have each placed the 1 million unit orders."

8 of 419 comments (clear)

  1. Let the 419 jokes begin!!! by lecithin · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The countries of Nigeria, Brazil, Argentina, and Thailand have each placed the 1 million unit orders."

    Dear Mike,

    Thank you once again for finalizing the order. You will know that this transaction is 100% Guaranteed.

    We will send our certified funds after the customs are paid by you. Please send the customs fee of $37,000,000 ($37*1 Million Units) via wire transfer to:

    Barrister MUGO Gy PAN Oguami
    419 Scam DEC
    Lagos, Nigeria

    >>Hi Mugo,
    >>We have approved your order and are ready to ship. You mentioned a custom's fee that we are very ready to pay. Please let me know how much per unit we will need to send.

    >>Thanks again for the business!!!

    >>Mike Undundrum

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  2. Starving programmers by dotslashdot · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's next? Outsource to malnourished kids. All they get is a little cookie (or several, depending on their privacy settings.) You can pay them even less than the Indian & Chinese programmers since these kids don't need money for food. They can just eat the cookies without getting any cache.

  3. In Other News: by darkonc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bill Gates has just announced a whirlwind 4 nation third-world tour. Currently in Africa, supposedly on a safari . . . . .

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  4. More importantly by eclectro · · Score: 5, Funny


    The laptops are part of Nigeria's "leave no scammer behind" initiative.

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  5. Re:my guess by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Four million kids, some of whom might never get a chance to see a computer, are going to grow up with marketable skills for the 21st century.

    What are you talking about? They will probably be forced to use OO.o and the Gimp.

    Joke! Joke! I'm totally kidding!

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  6. Re:my guess by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't have a handy link from the CIA Factbook, but (using the time honored tradition of pulling a number out of my ass), I'd say that the literacy rate here on slashdot was around 47%.

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  7. Re:Linux share in the desktop market by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    What are the implications of widespread Linux use in the Third World?
    • Women and girls who were previously denied educational opportunities will be able to establish themselves as insular, boring, pedantic geeks on an equal footing with men
    • The long-standing argument about vi versus emacs will be settled with a truckload of black market AK-47s
    • In some cultures, bloated software will actually be considered more attractive
    • Indian CS undergrads will be able to talk about how great the internet was in the good old days, before all the clueless n00bs arrived
    • Third World businesses will have access to new markets for their agricultural produce, manufacturing services, and r3d H0+ z3r0-d4y w4R32
    • The highways on the internet will not become more few
  8. Re:What ever happened to the $100 laptops? by AcidLacedPenguiN · · Score: 3, Funny

    for some reason I don't expect "every child shot into space" would be very popular. . .

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