[IAEP] heads up - Indian PC?

[Christoph Derndorfer]

Mmm, to the best of my knowledge no details of that "no-cost 
connectivity" thingie have been revealed to date... Or maybe I missed 
something?

Cheers,
Christoph

Walter Bender schrieb:
> 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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