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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 1:15 AM, Bert Freudenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> (from Werner Westermann, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) >> >> 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. > -- > Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) is my name > And Children are my nation. > The Cosmos is my dwelling place, The Truth my destination. > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai > _______________________________________________ > Localization mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/localization > _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar
