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As a systems administrator part of my additional duty is to aquire new technology for the company. I've noticed that the cost of any computer, be it Mac or PC, is coming down in price. It's been this way since the late 90's. So how does something start cheap, but costs more over time as the rest of technology becomes cheaper? There's got to be government involvement in order for the prices to keep jumping...today we just found out the US Justice Department spend $4 per meatball at one of their conferences! $4??? For a ball of unidentifiable meat-like substance? Ok, back to the issue at hand!

It still isn't a bad deal either way, each unit dubbed 'XO' includes an open-source interface called 'SUGAR' complete with wi-fi and it even has a handy dandy crank so you don't even need an electrical outlet.

I do believe it is a great concept. To have many children in the world learning not only about computers but also the wealth of information that's available via a computer. That's assuming someone sets up a wi-fi hotspot for these new global users.