SOLD! 1.2 Million Laptops To Libya October 11, 2006

orange-rotate.jpg Libya has become the first nation to stump up the cash for 1.2 million laptops from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Foundation - enough for every schoolchild in the country.

Often best known for complicity in acts of global terrorism throughout the past 20 years, Libya has been trying hard to shrug off its unpleasant image. The latest move will no doubt be seen as a tick in the ‘Nice Libya’ column.

The real winner though is Nicholas Negroponte’s OLPC Foundation which has been waiting for some cash to back up the promises made by many other nations. Libya is stumping up around £135 million for the 1.2 million laptops and one server per school – all of which should be in place by June 2008.-Martin Lynch

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And OLPC will still be waiting for cash - Libya signed an MOU, not a binding sales order.
http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/libya/one_laptop_per_libyan_child.html

posted-by wayan | October 16, 2006 11:09 PM

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