<div>Friends,</div>
<div>Can anyone tell me whats the rate at which OLPC provides laptop?</div>
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<div>rgds,saju<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/3/09, <b class="gmail_sendername">Thamilthendral Muthupillai</b> <<a href="mailto:tthendral@thanjai.net">tthendral@thanjai.net</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">It is impossible giving at $7 within six month period from the day of<br>the statement.<br>I think it is $70; not $7.<br>
<br>I hope it will happen ($7 laptop) within a decade.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Thamilthendral M<br><br>2009/2/3, Saswat Praharaj <<a href="mailto:saswat_praharaj@yahoo.com">saswat_praharaj@yahoo.com</a>>:<br>> What India can do is : Heavily subsidize the laptop for rural school<br>
> 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<br>
> the range of $10-$20.<br>><br>> Thanks,<br>> -Saswat<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> ________________________________<br>> From: Seth Woodworth <<a href="mailto:seth@isforinsects.com">seth@isforinsects.com</a>><br>
> To: Saswat Praharaj <<a href="mailto:saswat_praharaj@yahoo.com">saswat_praharaj@yahoo.com</a>><br>> Cc: <a href="mailto:ronpenny@kastanet.org">ronpenny@kastanet.org</a>; <a href="mailto:india@lists.laptop.org">india@lists.laptop.org</a><br>
> Sent: Monday, 2 February, 2009 10:11:05 PM<br>> Subject: Re: [OLPC India] The big challenge to OLPC ..<br>><br>> Honestly?<br>><br>> If India can pull off a $7 laptop that does what the XO does, we would throw<br>
> a party. *Mission Accomplished*<br>><br>> I am sure that India has created something for $7, but I don't know what it<br>> 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<br>
> or TV). That doesn't mean that it's a laptop.<br>><br>><br>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 1:03 AM, Saswat Praharaj <<a href="mailto:saswat_praharaj@yahoo.com">saswat_praharaj@yahoo.com</a>><br>> wrote:<br>
><br>> I will quote Arstechnica on this.<br>><br>> "Can India do it? The<br>> inner-philanthropist hopes so but the realist who buys technology says 'No<br>> way'. "<br>><br>> Thanks,<br>
> Saswat<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> ________________________________<br>> From: Ron Penny <<a href="mailto:ronpenny@kastanet.org">ronpenny@kastanet.org</a>><br>> To: <a href="mailto:india@lists.laptop.org">india@lists.laptop.org</a><br>
> Sent: Monday, 2 February, 2009 9:43:46 PM<br>> Subject: [OLPC India] The big challenge to OLPC ..<br>><br>><br>> What is OLPC's response to the Govt's £7 laptop?<br>><br>> Ron Penny (Unable to afford the OLPC price!)<br>
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