[OLPC-SF] P & G laptop promo

[Cherry Withers]

Yeah. We'll see after the first year. :-)
On Dec 13, 2011 3:11 AM, "Christoph Derndorfer" <
e0425826 at student.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:

> Hi Cherry,
>
> thanks a lot for the heads-up about this effort.
>
> However reading this sentence on the blog entry it seems like they already
> do have a very-long-term plan:
>
> "That being said, P&G came up with this program with ***a goal to
> distribute at least 1,000,000  laptop for each Filipino students all over
> the country for the next 24 years*** which is also to commemorate the 100
> years celebration of the P&G Company."
>
> ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Christoph
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Cherry Withers <cwithers at ekindling.org>wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> Here's a link to one blog that talks about this campaign. eKindling has
>> no informal or formal
>> arrangements with Procter & Gamble Philippines as they have not addressed
>> our concerns over long term support and
>> maintenance of these laptops.
>>
>> http://www.smart-mommy.net/2011/12/be-a-smart-estudyante.html
>>
>> Our team mate Tessa did show up for the launch to help them with
>> questions about the laptop
>> and Sugar (they couldn't find anyone else who would explain it). The
>> laptops were not updated.
>>
>> I am glad children would benefit from this but I do hope that P&G would
>> come up with some kind of a long
>> term plan for these machines.
>>
>>
>> --Cherry
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>
>
> --
> Christoph Derndorfer
>
> volunteer, OLPC (Austria) [www.olpc.at]
> editor, OLPC News [www.olpcnews.com]
> contributor, TechnikBasteln [www.technikbasteln.net]
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> e-mail: christoph at derndorfer.eu
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