Australian Government Backs OLPC 60
angry tapir writes "One Laptop Per Child Australia had a win in the recent Australian budget, receiving federal government funding for the first time. OLPC Australia will benefit from $11.7 million of funding, which will be used to purchase 50,000 laptops to distribute to students. The organization recently launched a new initiative that builds an educational ecosystem around the laptops, to help integrate them into the learning process."
what? (Score:4, Insightful)
that's around $234 a piece, for that amount you can get a netbook with better specs compared to olpc