100 dollar laptop

[Qiuli Han]

i am also interested on the OS, since those countries kids don't speak
English, so they have to make the OS localized in order to suit the
users. and they are so many!!! the fonts, the input methods......this
will be a huge work.

i will ask some of my friends working in some other countries outside
NA to see what they can do...

On 7/14/06, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> Chanchao 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. :)
>
> LOL.  I agree that if you really can produce a cheap laptop for the world's
> kids it only makes sense to make it available at profit to help subsidize
> the project.
> --
> derek
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