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<div>Thanks for writing to us. </div>
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<div>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. </div>
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<div>Our mission statement is:</div>
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<div><em> To eliminate poverty and create world peace by providing education to the poorest and most remote children on the <br> planet by making them more active in their own learning, through collaborative and creative activities, connected to the <br>
Internet, with their own laptop, as a human right and cost free to them.</em></div>
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<div>We are in discussion stage on this subject. I don't see any diversification from our mission statement.</div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
<div>Manu</div>
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<div>Manusheel Gupta</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Marc Valentin <<a href="mailto:mvalentin@oeuvredespains.org" target="_blank">mvalentin@oeuvredespains.org</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Have a look at this :<br><a href="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" target="_blank">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</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><span></span> Wich part of it is true ?<br>- XO laptops will be really available in retail stores in India ?<br>
- It will be bundled with a Reliance CDMA modem ?<br>If this is true, wich operating system will be used ? Linux or XP ? Or<br>maybe dual boot ?<br>It would be nice to have the "Digital Bridge Foundation" up and<br>
running so that we don't get those news by searching the net with<br>Google. :-)<br>-marc-<br><a href="http://www.oeuvredespains.org/" target="_blank">http://www.OeuvreDesPains.org</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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