[ale] OLPC was: bump

[Brian Pitts]

William Bagwell wrote:
> Reason I am curious, I have been toying with the idea of getting one for my 
> grand niece. (My kids are grown.) Naturally yours truly would get to play 
> with it for a few days first:) Being in the US means buying two to get 
> one. Have no real problem with this concept, needy children and all... 
> Would be nice if they were a lot closer to the originally promised $100 
> than almost double this.

True, it's unfortunate that "100 dollars" became their mantra. It's my 
understanding that the increase in price is largely due to factors 
outside their control - the increased cost of metals and the weakness of 
the dollar - rather than anything new added to the system.

-Brian