Kim Jong Il has just announced that he is buying XO-1.5 laptops for every child in North Korea from OLPC.
It started with Nicholas Negroponte when they met at Davos World Forum. Negroponte showed Kim Jong Il how to play "I'm so lonely" on Tam Tam and they karaoked until Kim Jong Il agreed to go One Laptop Per North Korean Child with the new XO hardware.
Negroponte was quoted as saying : "I started OLPC to create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children. And I cannot think of children more in need of an XO - these children of North Korea. Now they are going to learn learning, they will be empowered by ICT"
Finally, this sale to North Korea is an amazing boost for OLPC's fading prominence. And then I will give it comment. I think it is a good thing that North Korea did. Because, It is useful for their children and country. All in all, Kim Jong Il did the right thing.
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