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<P><B><FONT FACE="Courier New">I was almost certain I saw it on this list, but now I don't see it in my local archive, however the "one laptop per child" (consortium?) is currently conducting a "GIVE one and GET one" incentive. Basically, the price is now down to $200/unit, and what they want you to do is to buy TWO units -- you keep one (ostensibly for your own child) and the other is "donated" to a third-world country. The DONATED laptop is fully tax deductable.</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Courier New">I don't know if this means that you cannot simply buy one for yourself or your child WITHOUT "donating" one (maybe if you try that you might end up on the "low priority" list?) but it's something to think about.</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Courier New">Meanwhile, it seems that the OLPC group also has a Myspace page:</FONT></B>
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<P><B></B><A HREF="http://www.myspace.com/olpc"><B><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Courier New">http://www.myspace.com/olpc</FONT></U></B></A><B></B>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Courier New">(and, of course, their own home page at </FONT></B><A HREF="http://laptop.org/"><B><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Courier New">http://laptop.org/</FONT></U></B></A><B><FONT FACE="Courier New">)</FONT></B>
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