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New York, NY, United States
Designer (Graphic Design)
Member since March 03, 2008
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you're right... anyone that can afford $400 for a charity donation most likely already has a laptop (or more) :-)
why not "give one" (abroad) and actually give the "get" one to a poor kid in the US? With the opensource/developer forum OLPC hosts, the setup would even lend itself to a cultural exchange between the two children who receive the paired laptops through this initiative... and perhaps the donor can get updates on the kidos so they are still "getting" satisfaction from their donation.
Posted March 03, 2008
By Kari Litzmann
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totally agree. thats what my family did. donate one abroad and one locally once you receive it. it will not be as useful locally if they don't have friends with one (for the networking capabilities). but still a great tool for internet, reading, music making none the less.
the laptop itself is amazing, i can atest. i work for the company that developed the operating system and we've got a couple floating around the office to play with. my roommate got a chance to see the things in action in brazil. amazing stuff really!
http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/07/25/inside-one-laptop-per-child-episode-04/
Posted March 04, 2008
By joshua gajownik
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