CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a non-profit organization with the goal of providing children in developing nations with laptop computers, has said that contrary to previously published reports OLPC has no plans to make the XO laptops available for sale to the general public. OLPC’s focus is getting XO laptops into the hands of children in developing nations. Currently, official OLPC launch countries include Libya, Argentina, Brazil, Nigeria, Rwanda and Uruguay.
“Contrary to recent reports,
One Laptop per Child is not planning a consumer version of its current XO laptop, designed for the poorest and most remote children in the world. XO will be made available to governments in very large quantities to be given to all children free, as part of the education system," said Nicholas Negroponte, OLPC founder. "Many commercial ventures have been considered and proposed that may surface in 2008 or beyond, one of which is ‘buy 2 and get 1.’ In addition, OLPC is launching OLPC Foundation later this month, specifically to accommodate the huge goodwill and charity that has surfaced around the idea of a $100 laptop.”
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Why Not Put The xo on the market
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 04/18/2007 - 10:08.Why would you not put the xo on the market it would bring in lots of money and poor people might be able to afford them thanks for reading
xo lap top
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/25/2007 - 22:49.i would like to know where to get one
xo
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 16:44.I want three
XO should go public
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/04/2008 - 07:09.My ten year old son has been wanting his own laptop for three years now...and he can't get this state-of-the-art child laptop because we're not from a poor underdeveloped country? That's just sad! I know my son is going to go into the technology field someday, this would be great for these kids.
Xo Stealers
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 11:12.The government in most countries are Corrupt including USA do yo not think these things will not be sold by the agencies that are suppose to supply them to the children and parents selling them and them getting stolen
, one question is their something wrong with assisting Children in this country , for the All $ has most Americans as indentured Slaves/Employees and does it not surprise you that this is a non profit corp I wonder what their pay salaries are? quite and many of the countries these computers are going to get US monies your tax pay dollars for funding from humanity education drugs food etc huh we are o so more ignorant that we know.//..