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How big an opportunity is this? In just its first six months of mass production, One Laptop per Child Association shipped 0.5 million laptops. Other vendors are claiming sales at a similar volume. Unequivocally, a market for an ultra-low-cost laptop computer is only just emerging and with it comes an opportunity to impact learning. The challenge now is to engage more people in participating in this global learning initiative and to shape the initiative such that it has not just maximum reach, but also maximum impact.

How big an opportunity is this? In just its first six months of mass production, One Laptop per Child Association shipped 0.5 million laptops. Other vendors are claiming sales at a similar volume. Unequivocally, a market for an ultra-low-cost laptop computer is only just emerging and with it comes an opportunity to impact learning. The challenge now is to engage more people in participating in this global learning initiative and to shape the initiative such that it has not just maximum reach, but also maximum impact.