For $150, Third-World Laptop Stirs a Big Debate

New York Times by John Markoff | Nov. 30, 2006 (News Report)

When computer industry executives heard about a plan to build a $100 laptop for the developing world's children, they generally ridiculed the idea. How could you build such a computer, they asked, when screens alone cost about $100? Full Story »

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by Akash Parikh - Oct. 1, 2008

This is definately a good read about the One Laptop Per Child project and their high level goals. However, the article talks a lot about the laptop itself and the OLPC project, and not enough about the actual 'debate' referenced in the title.