“Quanta Computer Inc., the world’s largest contract laptop PC
manufacturer, already has confirmed orders for one million notebook
PCs for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, a company
representative said Thursday.“The OLPC project is aimed at ensuring children around the world
don’t miss out on learning how to use computers. The fear is that
the high cost of computers is keeping too many people in developing
countries from learning how the software, Internet and
communications benefits of computing can improve their economies,
job prospects and lives, a conundrum commonly referred to as the
digital divide…”