Comments on: OLPC Gets 1,000 Laptops Closer To Mass Production http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/11/21/olpc-gets-1000-laptops-closer-to-mass-production/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:52:02 -0500 hourly 1 By: Wayan http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/11/21/olpc-gets-1000-laptops-closer-to-mass-production/comment-page-1/#comment-24561 Wayan Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:56:24 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/11/21/olpc-gets-1000-laptops-closer-to-mass-production/#comment-24561 Ted, That idea was first put forth by Mike Liveright in a PledgeBank pledge. While Negroponte dismissed it as a "not a good idea" he did admit it may be the basis for some future eBay sales effort: http://www.olpcnews.com/people/negroponte/ebay_olpc_sales_inev.html Ted,

That idea was first put forth by Mike Liveright in a PledgeBank pledge. While Negroponte dismissed it as a “not a good idea” he did admit it may be the basis for some future eBay sales effort: http://www.olpcnews.com/people/negroponte/ebay_olpc_sales_inev.html

]]> By: Ted Shelton http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/11/21/olpc-gets-1000-laptops-closer-to-mass-production/comment-page-1/#comment-24396 Ted Shelton Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:34:08 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/11/21/olpc-gets-1000-laptops-closer-to-mass-production/#comment-24396 Here is a crazy idea -- why not manufacture these devices for school children in the United States? I think it is great that we want kids in Argentina, Brazil, Libya, Nigeria and Thailand (oops, Thailand canceled their order) BUT kids right here in the US don't have computers. AND the funny thing is we could pay a premium for them here, helping to further subsidize them for kids overseas. I mean, $200 for a laptop and I'd buy three - one for each of my kids. That means I'd be buying 6 -- three could go free overseas (maybe to those poor kids in Thailand). Here is a crazy idea — why not manufacture these devices for school children in the United States? I think it is great that we want kids in Argentina, Brazil, Libya, Nigeria and Thailand (oops, Thailand canceled their order) BUT kids right here in the US don’t have computers. AND the funny thing is we could pay a premium for them here, helping to further subsidize them for kids overseas. I mean, $200 for a laptop and I’d buy three – one for each of my kids. That means I’d be buying 6 — three could go free overseas (maybe to those poor kids in Thailand).

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