Submission + - Intel, Microsoft sell 150,000 laptops to Libya (zdnet.com)
quibus writes: "ZDNet has a story about the fate of the XO laptop in Libya:
"Intel and Microsoft are supplying Libya's government with 150,000 rugged laptop computers that cost $200 to build and are designed to meet the needs of children in developing countries."
Didn't they have plans to order a lot of XO's instead?
However, according to an Intel spokeswoman:
"She also said that Intel had signed up Nigeria as a Classmate PC customer, though she said she did not know how many machines the government would order, or whether they would run on Windows or the rival Linux operating system. Classmate PCs are capable of running both types of software."
Maybe there is still hope for Nigeria..."
"Intel and Microsoft are supplying Libya's government with 150,000 rugged laptop computers that cost $200 to build and are designed to meet the needs of children in developing countries."
Didn't they have plans to order a lot of XO's instead?
However, according to an Intel spokeswoman:
"She also said that Intel had signed up Nigeria as a Classmate PC customer, though she said she did not know how many machines the government would order, or whether they would run on Windows or the rival Linux operating system. Classmate PCs are capable of running both types of software."
Maybe there is still hope for Nigeria..."