'One Laptop Per Child' Hit With Production Glitch, Shortages | Linux Today

‘One Laptop Per Child’ Hit With Production Glitch, Shortages

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 25, 2007

“Manufacture of the budget laptop computers produced by the One
Laptop per Child Foundation has run into a glitch with the
production delay likely to impact the OLPC’s ‘Give 1 Get 1
program,’ organizers said this week.

“The program was to begin Nov. 12 and run for two weeks. But
production in China won’t get under way till later, meaning that XO
computers will arrive too late to catch much of the holiday season
when charity giving is at its height…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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