[Localization] [sugar] [Grassroots-l] OLPC, Chile and Educalibre

[Pilar Saenz]

Hi

I copy this email to William Nazareth. He works for brightstart as
OLPC Sales & Distribution, Latin America & Caribbean. Maybe he can
answer these questions.

2008/11/27 Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com>:
> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 1:15 AM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> wrote:
>
>> This version of the give many program is only up for a day or so. It is
>> indeed much nicer than the previous one:
>> ==========================
>> To give 100 or more laptops and direct them to a location you designate,
>> send email to givemany at laptop.org
>>
>> Give 100+ $310 per laptop
>>
>> Give 1000+ $260 per laptop
>>
>> Give 10,000+ $210 per laptop
>>
>> In each case, the donor designates where the laptops are sent.
>>
>> For general information about the many ways you can give laptops through the
>> One Laptop per Child Foundation, please send email to service at
>> laptopgiving.org
>>
>> ==========================
>>
>> - Bert -
>
> Can we confirm this with Brightstar? The starting point of this thread
> was that they said the minimum order is 10,000 units.
>
> And is it still cash in advance without a shipping date until months later?
>
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Yamandu Ploskonka <yamaplos at bolinux.org> wrote:
>> (from Werner Westermann, werner at educalibre.cl )
>>
>> Best regards from Santiago, Chile.
>>
>> In May of this year, we had exciting news where the ICT-Schools program of the
>> Department of Education, Enlaces (http://www.enlaces.cl), asked Educalibre
>> (http://www.educalibre.cl/) to propose a OLPC deployment project. Enlaces previously met
>> with a OLPC and Brightstar representatives asuring a total of 1000 XOs. We went on to
>> develop the proposal and negociate where to deploy the iniciative (Enlaces required us
>> to engage rural areas, outside of the Metropolitan Area, among others):
>>
>> http://wiki.educalibre.cl/index.php/Propuesta_OLPC_Chile
>>
>> Unfortunately, as you can see, the proposal was frustrated, because as Brightstar
>> distributor and partner of the OLPC Foundation, argued that it would not be possible for
>> the Chilean State to purchase only 1,000 XOs, but would consider a minimum of 10,000 XO.
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