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$100 Laptop Takes Flight in Thailand

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all-about-the-benjamin dept.

EmperorKagato writes "Nicholas Negroponte's project for every child to have a laptop will come true for over 500 students in Thailand. Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra expects each child to receive a laptop instead of books as the books will be provided electronically. The laptop, mentioned previously on Slashdot, will now be brought to children in Thailand in October and November, with hopes for future shipments to Nigeria, Brazil and Argentina in 2007." This story selected and edited by LinuxWorld editor for the day Saied Pinto.

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  1. 500 OLPC's in all of Thailand? by spacepimp · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is an absurdly low number of deployments. 500 children in all of thailand? Im wondering if the project is seriously missing the mark. For it to be even profitable it needs ot operate on a volume so significantly larger than this, i can only assume the response/need for these device was grossy overestimated.

  2. And in other news... by LatexBendyMan · · Score: 0, Troll

    Child Pornography in Thailand increases by 200%

  3. Re:It's a trial run. by tehcyder · · Score: 0, Troll
    Thanks for clearing that up. We all seriously thought that there might be only 500 children in Thailand. The GPP did not pretend to misunderstand this point purely for comic effect.
    Oh, I thought that the GPP did pretend to misunderstand this point purely for comic effect. I'm sorry.

    So there are only 500 children in Thailand after all? Who'd have thought it?

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