__/ [ ray ] on Friday 16 February 2007 16:57 \__
> On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:34:25 -0800, John Bailo wrote:
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>> ray wrote:
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>>> It seems to me that one million will not even start to make a dent.
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>> There are 1 Billion PCs.
>>
>> 1 Million is 1/Thousandth.
>>
>> But that's still a lot of PCs.
>>
>> And 100 Million is even more.
>
> And, I would think, there are several billion children.
1.5 children, IIRC (depends on definition).
Let me check...
This one speaks about a billion school-age children.
A closer look at what '$100 laptop' will be
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| After the kids have their say, and necessary changes are made, the
| nonprofit group One Laptop Per Child (OLPC at www.laptop.org) plans to ship
| 5 million XOs around the world by the end of 2007, a first installment
| toward reaching the 1 billion school-age children now growing up in the
| developing world. The machines will be built by Quanta Computer in Taiwan.
|
| [...]
|
| Inside, the operating system is based on Linux open-source software,
| ignoring both Windows and Mac. Instead of folders on the opening
| screen, students see a figure representing a child (an X with an
| O over it, hence the "XO") surrounded by a circle of icons
| showing what activities are in use. The system also includes
| an Internet browser, a word processor, games, and a toolkit
| for a wide variety of musical activities.
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http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0129/p13s01-stct.html
This one lists a few goals.
Eight nations to test 2,500 OLPC Linux laptops
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| An OLPC spokesperson said the price should fall to $100 apiece next
| year, when they hope to produce 50 million of the so-called "XO"
| machines, before dipping below $100 by 2010 when they aim to reach
| 150 million of the world's poorest children.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS4707471745.html
I once read about goals with numbers like 200,000,000 and 300,000,000 (maybe
even 500,000,000). Adding two zeroes ($100 or even less in the future) means
that the overall cost is still one which the global economy can bear. You're
talking about $billions and cover entire nations.
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