[Olpc-open] 45,000 G1G1 orders

[John Kintree]

According to a front page article from the Nov. 24, 2007 
Wall Street Journal, "there were about 45,000 two-laptop 
orders in the first nine days, with nearly half coming on the 
first day."

The online version of the article can be seen at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119586754115002717.html?mod=home_we_banner_left

I'm glad that instead of ending Nov. 26, the G1G1 initiative 
has been extended to Dec. 31, 2007.  

For those who think the XO laptops should be commercialized, 
and sold to anyone who wants one for $200 apiece, I would say 
that if you can afford one for $200, you can afford to pay $400 
to G1G1.

For those in Europe or Japan who would like to participate in 
G1G1, to simplify things for the OLPC staff, maybe you could 
work through a local not-for-profit organization that would 
aggregate orders from your country.  Then OLPC could deal 
with a relatively small number of organizations instead of with 
lots of individuals.
Regards,
John Kintree