<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div>What India can do is : Heavily subsidize the laptop for rural school children.<br>We have subsidies in farming,oil and many other sectors.<br><br>Government provides free primary school education. <br>I will not be surprised if they actually sell a laptop(to rural students) in the range of $10-$20.<br><br>Thanks,<br>-Saswat<br><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Seth Woodworth <seth@isforinsects.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Saswat Praharaj <saswat_praharaj@yahoo.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b>
ronpenny@kastanet.org; india@lists.laptop.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, 2 February, 2009 10:11:05 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [OLPC India] The big challenge to OLPC ..<br></font><br>Honestly?<br><br>If India can pull off a $7 laptop that does what the XO does, we would throw a party. *Mission Accomplished*<br><br>I am sure that India has created something for $7, but I don't know what it is going to be or if it serves the same purpose.<br>
<br>IDDS created a $10 nintendo clone this past summer (not including keyboard or TV). That doesn't mean that it's a laptop.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 1:03 AM, Saswat Praharaj <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:saswat_praharaj@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:saswat_praharaj@yahoo.com">saswat_praharaj@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div>I will quote Arstechnica on this. <br>
<br>"Can India do it? The
inner-philanthropist hopes so but the realist who buys technology says 'No
way'. "
<br><br>Thanks,<br>Saswat<br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1">
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Ron Penny <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:ronpenny@kastanet.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:ronpenny@kastanet.org">ronpenny@kastanet.org</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:india@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:india@lists.laptop.org">india@lists.laptop.org</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, 2 February, 2009 9:43:46 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [OLPC India] The big challenge to OLPC ..<br></font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">
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