[OLPC India] XO laptops in retail stores ?

[Manusheel Gupta]

Marc,

Thanks for writing to us.

I think if XO laptops will be made available in retail stores in India, it
will be on a Give 1 Get 1 basis, or on a model based on similar lines. We
are a non-profit organization, and will continue to maintain our non-profit
status.

Our mission statement is:

* To eliminate poverty and create world peace by providing education to the
poorest and most remote children on the
 planet by making them more active in their own learning, through
collaborative and creative activities, connected to the
 Internet, with their own laptop, as a human right and cost free to them.*
* *
We are in discussion stage on this subject. I don't see any diversification
from our mission statement.

Regards,
Manu


Manusheel Gupta
OLPC South-Asia Liason
One Laptop per Child
http://laptop.org









On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Marc Valentin <mvalentin at oeuvredespains.org>
wrote:

> Have a look at this :
>
> http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/ET/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=ET&BaseHref=ETD%2F2008%2F06%2F24&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T&PageLabel=8&EntityId=Ar00805&AppName=1&FontSize=g2



>  Wich part of it is true ?
> - XO laptops will be really available in retail stores in India ?
> - It will be bundled with a Reliance CDMA modem ?
> If this is true, wich operating system will be used ? Linux or XP ? Or
> maybe dual boot ?
> It would be nice to have the "Digital Bridge Foundation" up and
> running so that we don't get those news by searching the net with
> Google. :-)
> -marc-
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