"It is possible, (MIT's Nicholas) Negroponte said, that Libya will become the first nation in the world where all school-age children are connected to the Internet through educational computers. 'The U.S. and Singapore are not even close,' he said."
"For its $250 million investment, Libya will receive 1.2 million computers, one server per school, a team of technical advisers to help set up the system, satellite internet service and other infrastructure.
"Mr. Negroponte said Microsoft refused to sell its Windows software to the project at a price that would make it possible to include in his system. As a result, his laptops will come with the freely available Linux operating system, which is becoming increasingly popular in the developing world." /New York Times/
These laptops will also come equipped with "a display that can be readily mass-produced in standard LCD factories, has a higher resolution than 95 percent of the laptop displays on the market today, runs with about one-seventh of traditional power consumption, costs one-third of the price and can be read in sunlight or room light without backlighting." /eweek/
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