The $99 Cherrypal laptop - it runs Linux and you can buy it RIGHT NOW (but is it for real)

"Everybody's heard about the One Laptop Per Child concept, and the ups and downs of that project, its rather tentative connection to free, open-source software and the fact that it still hasn't reached the $100/unit price it set out to meet.

"But what if I were to tell you that another company not only is committed to offering a $99 laptop to the world but is already doing it. (Or so the story goes; there are problems, principally with a crucial part of this whole feel-good enterprise - actually getting the machines delivered to those who order them.)

"Cherrypal is that company, and the Cherrypal Africa is that $99 laptop. I'm more than a little tempted to buy one just to see if it's the real deal (but am not excited at the prospect of sending $99 down a rat hole)."

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