OLPC to revive 'Give One, Get One' scheme in US
Published: 12 Nov 2008 15:31 GMT
From Monday in the US, the One Laptop per Child project's XO laptop will be available through the 'Give One, Get One' programme once more, this time facilitated by Amazon.com.
For $400 [£263], the not-for-profit low-cost-laptop project will send one XO to the purchaser and one to a school-age child in a developing country.
One Laptop per Child (OLPC) said in September that it wanted to revive last year's successful programme, but didn't have the infrastructure to support the programme alone.
Microsoft has started making Windows available for the XO laptop in developing markets like Colombia and Peru. However, purchasers participating in the Give One, Get One programme will not have the option of Windows.
ZDNet UK understands that the Give One, Get One scheme will operate from 17 November in the UK, but has received no official confirmation from OLPC.
Credit: OLPC's Give One, Get One program to be rekindled Nov. 17 from CNET News
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