News OLPC to open-source hardware

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2009/02/09/olpc-to-open-source-hardware/1

Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the One Laptop Per Child project, has announced that the technology behind its XO "$100 laptop" will be offered up as an open-source project.

 

Took him long enough...

 

a dust, grease, splash proof netbook is a great idea.

I had an aa1 when they first came out with the intension of using it for forum write ups whilst I was doing work on my track car, but sold it two months after as it only ended up getting used in the front room as I was too affraid of it getting destroyed

 

Heh...concerning the "200$ Laptop", even the old eee701's are still costing:
200euro...260dollars...175pounds.

Would I buy one for a hundred? sure! Waterproof or not.