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Hi, Dave<br>
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This, of course, is a root problem which we have faced from the
beginning. OLPC's contract with the manufacturer was build-to-order.
This means the factory is setup to build XOs based on a minimum
build order. I think this is about 10,000 units. As a consequence,
after G1G1, it has never been possible for a sponsor to buy a small
quantity. At various times, OLPC had a policy to sell a minimum
order (e.g. 100). There is a website where you can inquire about a
direct purchase. I have heard reports that the terms are pay in
advance with delivery at OLPC's best efforts.<br>
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I have long dreamed of a sponsor who would buy 10000 XOs and then
resell them at cost to sponsors of deployments. Had Nicholas
Negroponte done that at G1G1 time, the outcome of this project would
have been much different. He, however, was only interested in
country-level deployments. Even Nepal was not big enough to interest
OLPC.<br>
<br>
Tony<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/09/2016 04:12 AM, Dave Crossland
wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 7 April 2016 at 21:43, Dave
Crossland <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:dave@lab6.com" target="_blank">dave@lab6.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span>On
1 April 2016 at 01:24, Adam Holt <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:holt@laptop.org"
target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:holt@laptop.org">holt@laptop.org</a></a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div>In Haiti XO-1s will be dominant across many
schools for years and year to come. Similar to
Tony's description, but these typically will be
using 32GB SD cards -- thankfully these are
incredibly affordable.</div>
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<div>What is the typical price the XO-1 units you are
prepping for Haiti? Cost of postage + 32Gb SD card +
repair (volunteered labor?) + distribution to Haiti?</div>
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The reason I ask is that it seems to me that sugar labs ought
to be offering XO-4s in batches of a million *cough cough*
20+, so that if a group wants to become a nano-deployment, it
is straightforward to do so, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-Click#Patent">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-Click#Patent</a>
be damned ;)</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">"It's An Education Project (not a
laptop project!)", it says, but maybe it should say "It's An
Education Project (and get yer edutech laptops that work
here!)" ;) </div>
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