Re: [Foundation-l] [Fwd: [Liste Burkina] Price of MIT professor's "$100 laptop" hits $200]

Full article can be found at http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN2955438620071030?pageNu mber=3&sp=true It has been updated and expanded. Brian. -----Original Message----- From: foundation-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Florence Devouard Sent: 31 October 2007 09:58 To: foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Foundation-l] [Fwd: [Liste Burkina] Price of MIT professor's "$100 laptop" hits $200] -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Liste Burkina] Price of MIT professor's "$100 laptop" hits $200 Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:46:20 +0000 From: Mohamed SAWADOGO &lt;sawadogo_m(a)hotmail.com&gt; Reply-To: burkina-faso(a)yahoogroupes.fr To: &lt;burkina-faso(a)yahoogroupes.fr&gt; References: &lt;47283DFB.9070908(a)chu-lyon.fr&gt; "BOSTON (Reuters) - A computer developed for poor children around the world, dubbed 'the $100 laptop,' has reached a milestone: Its price tag is now $200.The One Laptop per Child Foundation, founded by MIT Professor Nicholas Negroponte, has started offering the lime-green-and-white machines in lots of 10,000 for $200 apiece on its Web site (http://laptopfoundation.org/participate/givemany.shtml <http://laptopfoundation.org/participate/givemany.shtml>).Two weeks ago, a foundation executive confirmed recent estimates that the computer would cost $188, which was already higher than the $150 price tag in February and $176 in April. The laptops are scheduled to go into production next month at a factory in China, far behind their original schedule and in quantities that are a fraction of Negroponte's earlier projections.It is unclear when the machines will be ready for customers, as the Web site said version 1.0 of the software that runs the machine will not be ready until December 7.Foundation spokesman George Snell declined comment on the pricing or release schedule.When Negroponte said he could produce the laptops for $100, industry analysts said it had the potential to shake up the PC industry, ushering in an era of low-cost computing." __________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l