Everyone likes the idea of a "twofer" or BOGOF (Buy One, Get One Free) offer. Now there's G1G1 (Give One, Get one), which is presumably a geeky way of avoiding GOGO. In this case, it's a scheme that will enable a rich American to buy a One Laptop Per Child Linux-based XO laptop PC for $399 while the second one goes to a child in the developing world.
According to the BBC:
The G1G1 scheme, as it is known, will offer the laptops for just two weeks, starting on the 12 November.
"From day one there's been a lot of interest expressed in having some way of people in the developed world participate in the programme," Walter Bender, head of software development at One Laptop per Child (OLPC), told the BBC News website.
The machines will be sold via http://xogiving.org/ or by phone on 1866 XOGIVING.
It seems the project now has enough orders to start production. Or maybe it isn't selling as well as was hoped, but there are potentially enough paying punters to get production going.
Update: Also see The New York Times, which confirms the sales problem:
Orders, however, are slow. "I have to some degree underestimated the difference between shaking the hand of a head of state and having a check written," said Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of the nonprofit project. "And yes, it has been a disappointment."
