OLPC might give Europe a try, according to Walter Bender, president of the One Laptop Per Child project. It has not been confirmed yet, but rumors have it that the XO laptop might be coming to Europe at some point. So far, all OLPC representatives have said to the press was they were taking it into consideration, but there are still a lot of steps to be taken in order for XO laptops sale to be given full approval.

The “Give One, Get One” program was initiated November 2007 in North America, and was designed to get people as much involved as possible in helping the OLPC project, by purchasing two laptops worth $400 XO both, which would mean giving a free XO laptop to a child in a developing country. The current cost of a XO laptop is $188, but developers are said to be working at a much cheaper, $100 version.

In the middle of an Intel – OLPC breakup, commanded by irreconcilable differences, but not very commented by OLPC officials, the idea the One Laptop Per Child still stands. “A lot of people [are] jumping in to the software, to learning and to support… That’s what I was hoping Intel would do, but they didn’t. The public is doing it instead,” said Walter Bender, according to PCWorld.com.

So far, the “Give One, Get One” program extended from November 12 to December 31, 2007, and even though OLPC did not manage to reach its goal of $100 per laptop, the North America campaign managed to raise around $2 million-a-day donations within the first few weeks. Nicholas Negroponte said early November 2007: “For a child to be using the same laptop as a kid in Africa is especially meaningful.”

The European project had been taken into consideration by OLPC developers, but the idea had to be put on hold due to procedure issues. Or at least that is what Bender said. A future European version of “Give One, Get One” program “may or may not” be expected, as OLPC president preferred to give a note of uncertainty to their future plans.