Yep it has .. things are moving fast!<br> <a href="http://www.olpc.org.au/">http://www.olpc.org.au/</a><br><br>Regards Roland<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/02/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">victor rajewski</b> <<a href="mailto:askvictor@gmail.com">askvictor@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Heeheehee I just received mine today - it is really cool. I really<br>hope some of the technology ends up in our schools - particularly for<br>primary kids where the metaphors of a desktop computer don't quite<br>make sense (I understand that at <a href="http://linux.conf.au">linux.conf.au</a> it was announced an<br>
Australian arm of olpc would be opening soon).<br><br>Back to playing with my new toy :)<br><br>vik<br><br>On Feb 12, 2008 5:22 PM, Roland Gesthuizen <<a href="mailto:rgesthuizen@gmail.com">rgesthuizen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Nice article in The Age about the OLPC computer. Very cool :-)<br>> Regards Roland<br>><br>> Farmer gives low-cost laptop a proper field test<br>><br>> FROM his hot, dusty, locust-plagued property in the NSW outback, a software<br>
> engineer who goes by the name Quozl is doing his bit to help educate 1.5<br>> billion of the world's poorest children.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> --<br>> Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead