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Computing for the kids

CAMBRIDGE (Massachusetts): The project that hopes to supply schoolchildren in the developing world with sub-$200 (about Rs. 8,000) computers has extended the promotion in which a customer buying the machine in the U.S. or Canada automatically donates a second one to a poor country.

The One Laptop Per Child Programme said the “Give One, Get One” programme will now run through December 31 instead of ending on November 26.

The non-profit spin-off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said customers in the U.S. and Canada will pay $399 for two children’s laptops, with the buyer getting one of the green-and-white, low-power ‘XO’ machine. The other is sent to a child in a country such as Rwanda, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti or Mongolia.

“In the past 10 days, we’ve experienced an outpouring of support from the public that is truly gratifying and encouraging,” said Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of the programme.

“Because so many people have asked for more time to participate either individually or in order to organise local and national groups to which they belong, we have decided to extend Give One Get One through the end of this year.” — AP

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