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well atleast it did help (even without meaning to) galvanise other companies to build el-cheapo laptops and netbooks right?
by flashgordon 18y ago
well atleast it did help (even without meaning to) galvanise other companies to build el-cheapo laptops and netbooks right?
- jacobolus 18y ago> (even without meaning to) Actually, if you go listen to Negroponte's first few speeches floating the idea publicly, encouraging other companies to build el-cheapo laptops and ultimately getting them into children's hands was explicitly mentioned as a way for the project to succeed even if no one bought laptops from OLPC itself.