Sunday, September 7, 2008

Amazon will sell OLPC XO notebook in November

September 5, according to foreign media reports, OLPC organization Wednesday said that as OLPC launched the "Maiyisongyi" (Give One, Get One) part of the project, the online bookstore Amazon will be in November this year XO from the sale of low-priced notebook.

OLPC launched the "Maiyisongyi" project aims to raise funds to buy notebook and given to poor countries in school and practice is that each user to buy two from the development of the OLPC XO laptop, buy a return to all the other One was given to children in developing countries.

OLPC for Europe, the Middle East and African Affairs Director Matekaile (Matt Keller) said that this year OLPC and online retailers will cooperate in the implementation of the plan. As a "Maiyisongyi" part of the plan, Amazon will be in late November Thanksgiving Day around on its Web site began selling XO notebook, and may continue until the end of December.

"We were too small." Keller in the selection and explained why the OLPC Amazon Cooperation, said that despite the thousands of volunteers to help OLPC software development and implementation of other projects, but only 25 were core members.

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