Word about the city’s purchase of 15,000 XO laptops, reiterated during the mayor’s comments this morning, has spread across the blogosphere; everyone seems to have an opinion.

Here are just a few of them, some coming after this morning’s announcement during the weekly city council meeting:

Happy New Year, Birmingham – Thomason Tracts

Alabama Schools to be First in US to Get XO Laptop – Slashdot

Birmingham, Alabama schools to get 15,000 XO Laptops -  Gadgetell

Standing Corrected (I XOpe) on Birmingham’s Laptop Computers – Musings on Birmingham

Birmingham Alabama gets 15,000 XO laptops  – OPLC.TV

Birmingham, Alabama to Get 15,000 XO Laptops – The Linux Loop