Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Give One Get None (So Far)

I've been following the One Laptop Per Child initiative for quite a while. I even downloaded and played with the emulated OLPC laptop image to play with. The Sugar UI is certainly different.

When the Give One, Get One program (G1G1) was announced last year, I decided to participate. It's a combination of charitable contribution to buy an XO laptop for a child in Mongolia and a second latop to own.

From what I've read, most G1G1 donors have received their laptops by now but not me. It's been frustrating. It took several emails and phone calls to confirm that they had my donation on record. Now I have a shipping confirmation number but they ran out of inventory. The latest update is that the laptop will ship in February or March. When it arrives and I get a chance to try it out, I'll post a followup.

Update: According to an email from Nicholas Negroponte sent on January 31st, additional XO laptops are being built now and will be delivered in 45 to 60 days.
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