One Laptop Per Child is the initiative which intents to do just that; give every child a laptop computer. The idea is that when you buy a laptop, part of the cost goes towards buying a laptop for a child.
The initiative is not without problems, however. Whilst some companies are trying to produce the much needed cheap laptops, established computer manufactures are accusing the dogooders of reverse engineering their technology.
But it's not all bad. The OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) Foundation has received another order for 260,000 XO laptops from Peru, which comes on toop of another order for 50,000 laptops from Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim.
Monday 3 December 2007
One Laptop Per Child
