The launch of a $100 laptop (if, indeed, it does end up being sold at this price) marks a potential turning point in faciliating broader access to new technologies and the internet. This has as much to do with the business model and technological design as it does the price: the computers will be sold as pairs to buyers (at the moment North America) with the second being given to less developed countries. On the technical side, the laptops can be powered by solar energy; have screens that allow outdoor usage; and have no moving parts. How successful the initiative will be remains to be seen - but attempts to decrease barriers of entry to the digital world can only be welcomed.
Scott
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6994957.stm
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