Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> Made in India PC for just about $100
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> | While global computing giants like IBM and AMD are yet to give
> | shape to their ambitious plans for a computer that costs 100
> | dollars or less, an Indian company has already set its eyes on
> | 10 million potential customers with its up-and-running PC
> | priced at Rs 4,500 only.
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> http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=85690
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> According to
> http://news.com.com/Indias+renaissance+The+100+computer+-+page+2/2009-1041_3-5752054-2.html?tag=st.num
> , it runs GNU/Linux. France is working on something similar and I doubt
> Microsoft will offer its software for $3 over there:
Now *this* is the kind of competition to the OLPC that I have no
objection to. There's a definite trend starting, and I don't see
Microsoft in the picture at all.
--
K.
http://slated.org
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| which has caused me to lose data ... unfortunately this product
| is unfit for any user. - [H]ardOCP, <http://tinyurl.com/3bpfs2>
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