LJ Index, August 2008

  1. Number of new toys the average child gets per year: 70
  2. Size of the "baby industry", in $trillions: 1.7
  3. Numer of computers donated to the World Computer Exchange: 26,695
  4. Schools, orphanages and libraries served by the World Computer Exchange: 2,543
  5. Youth connected per year by the World Computer Exchange: 1,079,110
  6. Number of languages other than English among contributors to DistroWatch: 42
  7. Number of countries covered by Linux-hosted GlobalVoices Online: 192
  8. Number of authors for GlobalVoices: 101
  9. Number of languages into which GlobalVoices is being translated: 11
  10. Numbers of computers in the Windsor Unified School District (CA): 2,500
  11. Percentage of computers at Windsor unified to be replaced by thin Linux clients: 50
  13. Estimated thousands of dollars in energy saved annually by Windsor Unified School District thanks to Linux servers and thin clients: 25
  14. Estimated thousands of dollars in energy saved annually by Windsor Unified School District by switching to free software: 50
  15. Estimated thousands of dollars in equipment costs saved annually by Windsor Unified School District by switching to Linux gear: 280
  16. Number of dollars in four spent on energy in schools that is unnecessary: 1
  17. Months children at Villa Cardal, Uruguay had spent with beta XO OLPCs: 6
  18. Average number of files created per XO by Villa Cardal kids: 1200
  19. Number of MB, +/-10, produced per macine by Villa Cardal kids: 40
  20. Thousands of XOs due for Uruguay in 2008: 90
  21. Thousands of XOs ordered by Peru in December 2007: 260

Sources: 1-2, Pamela Paul in Parenting, Inc., 3-5, World Computer Exchange (10 May 2008); 6, DistroWatch.com; 7-9, Global Voices Online; 10-14, The Press-Democrat (pressdemocrat.com); 15, Ed Tech Magazine (EdTechMag.com); 16-20, Ivan krstic.

http://www.amazon.com/Parenting-Inc-Pamela-Paul/

http://www.tampabay.com/features/books/article470024.ece

http://www.worldcomputerexchange.org/

http://www.edtechmag.com/k12/issues/may-june-2008/save-green-by-going-green.html

http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080511/NEWS/805110308/1036/BUSINESS01

http://radian.org/notebook/first-deployment