[OLPC India] Windows on OLPC XO 1.5

[RJV]

Of course, I do understand the non-profit aspect of the OLPC initiative; by
business model, I mean the operational model because even simple logistics,
too, make up for operational expenses.

Regards,

Jv

On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 6:12 PM, RJV <jv.ravichandran at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, I agree and no taking away the credit from your commendable efforts
> to pioneering it, Mr Satish Jha.
>
> Rather than attempting to change the world, the pragmatic way is to do
> simple business. And in business, it is what the customer or the end-user
> wants that should matter and not what a government thinks or a Sibal thinks!
>
> If Sibal or the government has asked the market to wait till it brings
> Aakash to come up to speed so that the XO does not become a monopoly in the
> market, it is not even worth discussing about such business models.
>
> So, the best way forward is to empower individuals to market and sell the
> XO, with the OLPC values in perspective, and help establish retail stores
> by the name of OLPC.
>
> I suggest that the OLPC India mailing list too be unformed so that
> individuals can come up with their own capabilities rather than be
> "controlled" and "pressurised" to work under a model that will not succeed
> because it depends on an entity called politics or government that is never
> conducive to successful business.
>
> The dependency, instead, should be endowed upon dedicated and committed
> individuals who want to take OLPC to the kids in India - underpriviliged or
> not should be of no concern as it is a matter of governance and not related
> to education and learning..
>
> It becomes a matter of government concern when news about lacs of units
> being purchased gets to be aired. Keep the number to less and no longer
> will the government be concerned as it will not challenge its position.
> Attempting to make India learn a lesson is in no way a sane concern so let
> the objectives be clear and that is, how to enable the XO to reach a kid in
> India as is the main objective of the OLPC!
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jv
>
> On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 5:58 PM, <sjha at vsnl.com> wrote:
>
>> JV,
>>
>> I founded OLPC India Foundation and have worked on it 24x7 and have some
>> experience of dealing with nearly every stakeholder.
>>
>> India needs to grow up a bit in the way it deals with the challenges the
>> poor face and they are about 95 % of us. Regardless of what the government
>> data may talk about.
>>
>> We have to learn to think, something our education system does not
>> prepare us for.
>>
>> There will always be some exceptions. But we have to learn how the best
>> in the world address a problem and succeed in solving it.
>> Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ravichandran Jv
> http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com
>



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Regards,

Ravichandran Jv
http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com
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