[Grassroots-l] [sugar] [Localization] OLPC, Chile and Educalibre

[Edward Cherlin]

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 1:15 AM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> wrote:

> This version of the give many program is only up for a day or so. It is
> indeed much nicer than the previous one:
> ==========================
> To give 100 or more laptops and direct them to a location you designate,
> send email to givemany at laptop.org
>
> Give 100+ $310 per laptop
>
> Give 1000+ $260 per laptop
>
> Give 10,000+ $210 per laptop
>
> In each case, the donor designates where the laptops are sent.
>
> For general information about the many ways you can give laptops through the
> One Laptop per Child Foundation, please send email to service at
> laptopgiving.org
>
> ==========================
>
> - Bert -

Can we confirm this with Brightstar? The starting point of this thread
was that they said the minimum order is 10,000 units.

And is it still cash in advance without a shipping date until months later?

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Yamandu Ploskonka <yamaplos at bolinux.org> wrote:
> (from Werner Westermann, werner at educalibre.cl )
>
> Best regards from Santiago, Chile.
>
> In May of this year, we had exciting news where the ICT-Schools program of the
> Department of Education, Enlaces (http://www.enlaces.cl), asked Educalibre
> (http://www.educalibre.cl/) to propose a OLPC deployment project. Enlaces previously met
> with a OLPC and Brightstar representatives asuring a total of 1000 XOs. We went on to
> develop the proposal and negociate where to deploy the iniciative (Enlaces required us
> to engage rural areas, outside of the Metropolitan Area, among others):
>
> http://wiki.educalibre.cl/index.php/Propuesta_OLPC_Chile
>
> Unfortunately, as you can see, the proposal was frustrated, because as Brightstar
> distributor and partner of the OLPC Foundation, argued that it would not be possible for
> the Chilean State to purchase only 1,000 XOs, but would consider a minimum of 10,000 XO.
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