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diff --git a/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.23.07/Tue/xo.txt b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.23.07/Tue/xo.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2bb9275 --- /dev/null +++ b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.23.07/Tue/xo.txt @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +Engadget is [reporting][2] that Quanta computing, the makers of the XO, of OLPC fame, have received the go-ahead to start a mass production run. Even more interesting, Reuters is reporting that some of these may be offered for sale in the western world. + +Reuter's [quotes][1] Mary Lou Jepsen, OLPC chief technology officer, as saying the XO laptop could initially be available to the public for just $350 -- roughly twice its production cost. + +The group is also reportedly considering raising that figure to $525 and using the excess money to fund additional machines for developing countries. + +This is somewhat of a reversal from the OLPC foundation's earlier statements that the XO would not be available to the general public. But the slightly higher price tag does seem like a good way to raise additional funds for the project. + +Especially give that there seems to be a fair amount of pubic interest in the XO, but whether the public's curiosity and fascination with the novelty of the XO will translate into a willingness to buy it is a whole other story. Perhaps at $525 it could be considered a tax-deductible gift to charity? + +[1]: http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN2336963020070723 +[2]: http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/quanta-begins-olpc-xo-production-ramp-up/
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