See this article:<br><br><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/149131/indias_10_laptop_to_cost_us100_after_all.html">India&#39;s $10 laptop to cost $100 after all.</a><br><br> Who do we believe.<br><br>Kooj<br>
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   1. India&#39;s $10 Laptop - a &quot;joke&quot;? (Gregory Baker)<br>
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From: Gregory Baker &lt;<a href="mailto:gregory.baker@uwimona.edu.jm">gregory.baker@uwimona.edu.jm</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: [OLPC-Jamaica] India&#39;s $10 Laptop - a &quot;joke&quot;?<br>
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Here&#39;s a follow-up article to the one linked to earlier...<br>
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<a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Govts_much-awaited_10_laptop_turns_out_be_a_joke/articleshow/4078115.cms" target="_blank">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Govts_much-awaited_10_laptop_turns_out_be_a_joke/articleshow/4078115.cms</a><br>

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&gt;    1. Re: India to launch a $10 laptop (Sameer Verma)<br>
&gt;    2. Re: India to launch a $10 laptop (Rohan Smith)<br>
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&gt; Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 10:20:51 -0800<br>
&gt; From: Sameer Verma &lt;<a href="mailto:sverma@sfsu.edu">sverma@sfsu.edu</a>&gt;<br>
&gt; Subject: Re: [OLPC-Jamaica] India to launch a $10 laptop<br>
&gt; To: Dmitri Dawkins &lt;<a href="http://uten.jm" target="_blank">uten.jm</a>@<a href="http://gmail.com" target="_blank">gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
&gt; Cc: One Laptop per Child &lt;<a href="mailto:olpc-jamaica@lists.laptop.org">olpc-jamaica@lists.laptop.org</a>&gt;<br>
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&gt; On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 6:16 AM, Dmitri Dawkins &lt;<a href="http://uten.jm" target="_blank">uten.jm</a>@<a href="http://gmail.com" target="_blank">gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
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&gt;&gt; 2gb ram? 2 watts? how the heck? their initial costs are $20 per laptop?????<br>
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&gt;&gt; On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Rohan Smith &lt;<a href="mailto:rohanasmith@gmail.com">rohanasmith@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
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&gt;&gt;&gt; <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/news/feeds/09/02/02/India-to-launch-a-10-laptop--spurning-Negropontes-OLPC.html?source=gs" target="_blank">http://www.infoworld.com/news/feeds/09/02/02/India-to-launch-a-10-laptop--spurning-Negropontes-OLPC.html?source=gs</a><br>

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&gt; I don&#39;t think anyone has seen it in the wild yet. Also, keep in mind<br>
&gt; that cost and price are two different things. Price = Cost + Profit .<br>
&gt; Price = Cost - Subsidy. If it is a subsidy, then the Indian taxpayer<br>
&gt; is picking up the difference.<br>
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&gt; So, the distinction will be whether this laptop will cost $20 to<br>
&gt; manufacture, or if it will be priced at $20.<br>
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&gt; cheers,<br>
&gt; Sameer<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>HETEP<br><br>Kojo<br>----------------------------------<br>On Power - Helen Keller:<br>It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.<br>
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