1:1 computing in education a step closer

Tom Hoffman points us to this article and advises schools to "Hold Those Purchase Orders!"

I was just writing a little on this not too long ago. I wasn't expecting progress quite this rapid. Good news indeed.
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Update 1: Digital Rights advocator Russell McOrmond says

"[...] an inexpensive laptop that is designed from the ground up to be lower-powered and run FLOSS is important to me."

and points us to another article by Ryan Paul here.
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Update 2: Bill Kerr says

"The mere existence of the OLPC is changing the way we think about what is possible"

and points us to another article by Ron Teitelbaum here.