Hogg is testing Planetarium software for the OLPC
Looks nice. I want.
For the children, of course...
I know the purpose of the OLPC project, but ya'know, I bet you could get a few million early adopters in the US and Europer.
Subsidise the early production until economy of scale is achieved.
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