Red Herring reports that Nicholas Negroponte, Founder of MIT Media Lab, is developing a business to sell laptop computers to help children in developing countries, using inexpensive components, the Linux operating system, and bulk sales (minimum order is 1 million computers). His target market is educational ministries in developing countries.
“Mr. Negroponte’s idea is to develop educational software and have the portable personal computer replace textbooks in schools…. Negroponte has been interested in developing computing in the developing world for some time. He and his wife have funded three schools in rural Cambodia, helping outfit them with regular laptops and broadband connections.”
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