Home » blogs » sneakin's blog

The Not For Sell Laptop

  • user warning: Table 'nolan.comments' doesn't exist query: SELECT COUNT(*) FROM comments WHERE nid = 246 AND status = 0 in /home/sneakin/web/nolan.eakins.net/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 120.
  • user warning: Table 'nolan.comments' doesn't exist query: SELECT c.cid as cid, c.pid, c.nid, c.subject, c.comment, c.format, c.timestamp, c.name, c.mail, c.homepage, u.uid, u.name AS registered_name, u.picture, u.data, c.score, c.users, c.thread, c.status FROM comments c INNER JOIN users u ON c.uid = u.uid WHERE c.nid = 246 AND c.status = 0 GROUP BY c.cid, c.pid, c.nid, c.subject, c.comment, c.format, c.timestamp, c.name, c.mail, u.picture, c.homepage, u.uid, u.name, u.picture, u.data, c.score, c.users, c.thread, c.status ORDER BY c.thread DESC LIMIT 0, 50 in /home/sneakin/web/nolan.eakins.net/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 120.
Submitted by sneakin on Fri, 2005/11/18 - 15:09.

I'm sure you've heard about the not for sale laptop by now. The press it has been getting has said they cost $100. The kicker is that they're not for sell. Even when a government does buy them, they're going to be sold at cost.

I inquired about getting one since I could add value to one. Here's what the auto-responder sent back:

Inquiries about buying the laptop regretfully cannot be answered. Please
note that the $100 laptops--not yet in production--will not be available
for sale. The laptops will only be distributed to schools directly through
large government initiatives.

Bollucks!

They really need to do one thing with these laptops: make the design freely available. At least then if they're not going to actually sell them, someone else could because I would enjoy having one.

I suppose I could buy one off of some kid when they get out in the wild. $100 might be worth a couple cows to some African, and it's what they do to the free t-shirts the west sends them.

» sneakin's blog | add new comment

Ad's by Google