Brazil Schoolchildren To Get $100 Laptop PCs
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| President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday received a version
| of a $100 laptop computer to be distributed nationwide, and 50 were
| expected to be tested in Brazilian schools beginning next week.
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http://www.tbo.com/news/nationworld/MGBL1G1JXUE.html
Millions more yet to come (hundreds of millions within a couple of years,
according to the coordinator).
Last month:
Free Ubuntu laptops for French students
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| Five thousand French students now have laptops running
| Ubuntu, thanks to a local government initiative.
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http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/597
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