[OLPC India] [Olpc-open] GNUnify 09

Shikhar shikhar at schmizz.net
Mon Feb 2 21:01:50 EST 2009


> Yes, would be really good to have some specific activities around the
> OLPC presence. Especially since the INR 500 computing device is being
> unveiled today.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7864806.stm

"Early reports of the cheap laptop suggested that it would cost only 500 
rupees (£7). However, this could be a mistranslation, because 
transcripts of the speech, in which it was unveiled, mentioned it 
costing $10 (£7) but this was later corrected to $100 (£70)."

Shikhar


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