[LINK] $100 laptop could sell to public

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Just picking up on the comment about literacy ...there are a lot of
literate kids and adults without laptops and I suspect a few illiterate
ones who do own laptops.


> One Laptop Per Child - The debate continues for OLPCs in Pakistan
> 
> Will UAE possibly support Laptops for every child in Pakistan?
> 
> [Fouad Riaz Bajwa, FOSS Advocate, Lahore - Pakistan, 06-06-2007] 
> 
> OLPC has been long debated whether it will be shipped within its initially
> announced price of US$100 per laptop and will it be affordable by developing
> world countries where national budgets may reach the total cost of buying
> these laptops for every child. Currently the true cost of the OLPC possibly
> stands at US$208 and if it carries a 5-year long-term support plan, the
> price could jump beyond US$ 972 per laptop. OLPC is trying to identify
> various solutions to overcome this issue.
<http://lists.apdip.net/pipermail/iosn-general/2007-January/000496.html>

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