[IAEP] heads up - Indian PC?

[Walter Bender]

What is the OLPC no-cost connectivity program? I've heard it explained.

-walter

On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Christoph Derndorfer
<e0425826 at student.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:
> I concur with Negroponte and the analyst quoted at
> http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2009/02/03/100_for_a_laptop_too_much_try_20/
> that a real "$20 laptop" simply isn't feasible.
>
> I'd be glad to be proved wrong but I think we're probably going to see
> OLPC's "no cost connectivity program"
> (http://blog.laptop.org/2009/01/07/refocusing-on-our-mission/) before a
> $20 laptop shows up... ;-)
>
> Christoph
>
> alan c schrieb:
>> Item:
>>
>> India to unveil laptop costing Rs500
>> http://internationalreporter.com/News-4455/india-to-unveil-laptop-costing-rs500.html
>>
>> 'January 31, 2009 - With Tata Motor's coming out with the low-cost
>> Nano car, a group of Indian students are coming out with a laptop for
>> Rs500 ($10), cheaper than most pocket calculators, which can be used
>> globally for educational purposes and revolutionaries the computer
>> market in developing countries.....'
>
> --
> Christoph Derndorfer
> co-editor, olpcnews
> url: www.olpcnews.com
> e-mail: christoph at olpcnews.com
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