The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organization, whose mission it is to bring low-cost computers to schoolchildren in developing countries around the world, has struck a deal with the government of Libya to provide 1.2 million laptops by mid-2008.
OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte reportedly met with Libyan leader Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi this summer and presented the idea to him as well as discussing Libya's financing the purchase of laptops for other African nations including Rwanda.
Libya agreed to invest $250 million into the project and will receive the laptops, which come equipped with a wireless connection and an eight-hour battery, beginning in November as well as a number of products and services, including servers and technical advisers.
Remember back in the 80s when Qaddafi was a sworn enemy of the U.S., with then-President Reagan taking military action against him? It's amazing how much the world has changed in such a relatively short period of time.
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Posted at 8:46AM on Oct 11th 2006 by Joe