Open source for students: 150,000 laptops may help bridge the digital divide
in Brazil
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| This is an important step, nonetheless. When effectively deployed,
| these first 150,000 computers will help evaluate how to extend
| similar programs to all brazilian students -- no small feat,
| considering that there are more than 50 million students
| enrolled in brazilian public schools today.
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http://br-linux.org/brazil/?p=13
Related:
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
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