[OLPC-Jamaica] India to launch a $10 laptop

[Rohan Smith]

lol, very good lesson in government economics

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 6:16 AM, Dmitri Dawkins <uten.jm at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 2gb ram? 2 watts? how the heck? their initial costs are $20 per
> laptop?????
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Rohan Smith <rohanasmith at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.infoworld.com/news/feeds/09/02/02/India-to-launch-a-10-laptop--spurning-Negropontes-OLPC.html?source=gs
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> I don't think anyone has seen it in the wild yet. Also, keep in mind
> that cost and price are two different things. Price = Cost + Profit .
> Price = Cost - Subsidy. If it is a subsidy, then the Indian taxpayer
> is picking up the difference.
>
> So, the distinction will be whether this laptop will cost $20 to
> manufacture, or if it will be priced at $20.
>
> cheers,
> Sameer
> --
> Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor of Information Systems
> San Francisco State University
> San Francisco CA 94132 USA
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