100 dollar laptop

[Markus Zielonka]

Hello,

AMD has the same idea. http://50x15.amd.com/

http://technology-for-all.blogspot.com/

Bye Markus

On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 6:17 -0400, Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:16:07 +0700 Chanchao <custom at freenet.de> wrote:
> >On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 10:54 +0200, Sebastian Gil wrote:
> >
> >> "Please note that the $100 laptops -not yet in production- will not be
> >> available for sale. The laptops will only be distributed to schools
> >> directly through large government initiatives."
> >
> >Which is a bit strange..  Why not make them available to anyone who
> >wants one.  It seems that users in developing nations will also benefit
> >from a large user base.  Sell them for more than $100 to cover the costs
> >of distribution / repairs / warranty then.  $200 even, or ANY price,
> >allow people to contribute to the project by paying higher for what
> >could become a very trendy item.
> >
> >Anyway, I want one, don't make me buy one off a third world kid. :)
> >
> I heard an interview on the radio a few weeks ago with one of the people
> running the project.  They are considering doing exactly that for precisely
> that reason.
>
> Scott K
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