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I wonder whether they can produce them for $35 in a massive scale or the cost keep inflating like the OLPC
by folkster 15y ago
I wonder whether they can produce them for $35 in a massive scale or the cost keep inflating like the OLPC
- nobody3141 15y agoThe parts are pretty standard and the government can potentially buy them by million plus they can easily line up cheap manufacturing. The OLPC was a unique and novel design with no real momentum behind it. The main barrier to the success of this device is that since it's a government project at least 50% of the budget will be siphoned off into pork barrelling, ministerial pet projects and 'consultancy fees' to close friends and relatives of the politicians involved. Unless of course Indian politics is unlike any other variety.
- adimitrov 15y agoIndia has a big problem with rampant political corruption. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_India
- nobody3141 15y agoReally who would have guessed !
- mkr-hn 15y agoOLPC beat the mass popularization of mobile by a few years. The had to start with a non-stock (and more expensive) device because there weren't many parts that did what they wanted to do. This tablet is probably what OLPC would look like if it started today.