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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

$100 laptop making progress

Walter Bender, left, and Nicholas Negroponte Photo: New York Times

The $100 One Laptop Per Child Project is making progress, reports The New York Times:



The project now has tentative commitments for three million computers and will begin large-scale manufacturing when it reaches five million with separate commitments from at least one country each in Africa, Latin America and Asia. Based on current negotiations, Mr. Negroponte says he expects that goal to be reached by mid-2007.



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