On Nov 14, 2006, at 16:55 , Klaus D. Witzel wrote:

> quote:
> "An announcement came Sunday that the first ten prototypes of the  
> Linux-powered OLPC XO-1 had been completed in China. From the  
> article, 'Quanta, the Chinese computer maker that won the  
> international bidding for the project earlier this year, will  
> assemble 900 OLPC machines that will be used for destructive  
> testing and distribution to our development partners.' Let's hope  
> that these first prototypes do not warrant any design changes and  
> that the testing goes well so that countries that expressed  
> interest (Brazil, Libya, Nigeria, Argentina, and Thailand) can  
> start distributing them soon."
> unquote. See
>
> - http://slashdot.org/articles/06/11/14/1419254.shtml


And I'll get one! :) :) :)

Too bad so many of the 900 are set aside for destructive testing ...

- Bert -