Linux powered OLPC unable to hit $100 target price | Linux Today

Linux powered OLPC unable to hit $100 target price

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 25, 2007

[ Thanks to Bill
Andad
for this link. ]

“One thing is for sure, kids in some of the poorest
areas of the world will start getting exposed not only to computing
but to Linux computing from the end of this year. We wonder what
Intel chairman Chris Barret will make of the “$100
gadget” once it hits the intended under-resourced educational
market? Or what Bill Gates, he of the high education for all
aspirations, will have to say about the design once it proves
workable, and without Windows, after all?”

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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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