I concur with Negroponte and the analyst quoted at http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2009/02/03/100_for_a_laptop_too_much_try_20/ that a real "$20 laptop" simply isn't feasible.
I'd be glad to be proved wrong but I think we're probably going to see OLPC's "no cost connectivity program" (http://blog.laptop.org/2009/01/07/refocusing-on-our-mission/) before a $20 laptop shows up... ;-) Christoph alan c schrieb: > Item: > > India to unveil laptop costing Rs500 > http://internationalreporter.com/News-4455/india-to-unveil-laptop-costing-rs500.html > > 'January 31, 2009 - With Tata Motor's coming out with the low-cost > Nano car, a group of Indian students are coming out with a laptop for > Rs500 ($10), cheaper than most pocket calculators, which can be used > globally for educational purposes and revolutionaries the computer > market in developing countries.....' -- Christoph Derndorfer co-editor, olpcnews url: www.olpcnews.com e-mail: [email protected] _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
