OLPC News: 150,000 ordered over the holidays.

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OLPC News: G1G1 Success Equals G1G1 for Ethiopia, Iran, Italy and UK?

Regardless, North Americans have opened a huge door for OLPC to grow. Just check out the initial results from G1G1:

LAPTOP MAG: How many laptops have been donated through the G1, G1 program?

Nicholas Negroponte: It is hard to count, because some people gave many. Birmingham, Alabama ordered 15,000 for its kids, because of G1G1, but I really cannot count those 15,000. The final number will be between 150,000 and 170,000 laptops, without counting the very big ones like Birmingham.

Wow, 150,000 G1G1 donated XO laptops for children in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti, Mongolia and Rwanda.