Free OLPC for someone who needs it

[Jesse Molina]

I'm going to go ahead and send my XO to Supat Faarungsang at Kasetsart 
University in Thailand.

Congratulations Supat -- don't let it go to waste!



Jesse Molina wrote:
> I'm going through the replies that I received and I'm going to figure 
> out who's getting the laptop here in a few minutes, or at least the 
> final candidates.
> 
> Wow, I feel like a big jerk now.  I've got replies from all these great 
> people, doing great stuff, and I've only got one laptop to give.
> 
> After I'm done, I'm going to go over to the OLPC Wiki and see about 
> writing a page for others like myself who bought an XO via the B1G1 
> program and would like to donate theirs to a worthy cause.
> 
> I bought mine, showed it around my office, convinced one or two others 
> to buy or donate one, and now I've got nothing to do with it.  I don't 
> have much time to contribute to the project.  I already work in 
> non-profit cancer research, so there is only so much I can do with my time.
> 
> 
> 
> Jesse Molina wrote:
>> A couple of extra things...
>>
>> I won't decide for a couple of days, so until I've responded to the 
>> list, it's still available.  I'll go through whatever replies I get on 
>> Monday or Tuesday my localtime.
>>
>> You don't need to give me your mailing address or anything until later.
>>
>> I've only got one.  If you want to apply for an XO from OLPC directly, 
>> there is info on how to do so here;
>>
>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Developers_Program#How_to_apply_for_an_XO
>>
>>
>>
>> Jesse Molina wrote:
>>> I've got a free OLPC for someone who needs it.  It works fine.  I got it 
>>> via the buy-one-get-one program.
>>>
>>> I'd prefer to give it to a developer or someone who can actually make 
>>> use of it.  Or, I could just send it back to the OLPC Project and let 
>>> them reformat and redistribute it.
>>>
>>> Even better is if someone with the OLPC Project could tell me of someone 
>>> they know who needs one, and I'll ship it out.  My location is Arizona, 
>>> United States.
>>>
>>> Otherwise, send me an email telling me what you plan to do with it and 
>>> display some of your contributions or other involvement in the project. 
>>>   Convince me that you're worthy and not just going to pawn it off on 
>>> ebay after a month.
>>>
>>>
>>>
> 

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