The One Laptop Per Child scheme has enjoyed a rare piece of good news after Peru and Mexico announced they would purchase a combined 310,000 laptops . The Peruvian government have agreed to buy 260,000 laptops, whilst Mexico’s entry into the scheme has been funded by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim – friend of OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte – who has agreed to buy 50,000 for his country.
The non-profit organization has suffered a range of setbacks recently. In addition to the price hike of the laptops and the poor sales, a Nigerian-owned US-based company Lagos is suing the organization for patent infringement. However, Negroponte claims that since November 12th, OLPC has received almost £1 million in orders every day, which equates to around 190,000 laptops. Negroponte has previously states that 3 million laptops must be sold for the project to be viable.
Peru and Mexico Make Laptop Orders
Wed, 12 Dec 2007
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