On Dec 1, 8:34 am, Joshua Cearley <joshua.cearleyNOS... / gmail.com>
wrote:
> On 2007-11-29 16:29:56 -0600, Steven Lumos <ste... / lumos.us> said:
>
> > So what does OLPC have to do with US schools? I have serious doubts
> > that we'll ever see them deployed here.
>
> That's the part that bothers me. Exporting technology resulting from a
> US research group to another country exclusively, meaning the schools
> here have to continue to fight for funding to do anything more than old
> whiteboards.
>
> -JC

Or maybe they will show up in the US:
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2007/12/birmingham_city_schools_will_b.html

And for $200/each, same as everywhere else.