On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:37:16 -0700, John Bailo <jabailo@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>7 wrote:
>
>> (On a more serious note, I really hope they didn't fall for
>> a nigerian scam.
>>
>> The whole OLPC project seems to be run on a knife edge
>> with figures being banded about and publicity being
>> banded about. The $150 PC is already available in India
>> and continually going down in cost.
>> The OLPC is now set to cost $130.
>> I just hope no one is buying into a white elephant to
>> be tricked out of money, hardware and wasted software
>> efforts at a later date.
>> )
>>
>
>Remember, Nigeria is an oil producer.
>
>At $70 a barrel, that's two barrels of oil per laptop per child.
>
>Nigerian daily oil output: 2.5 million barrels.
>
>So figure,
>
>(2Barrels x 10M laptops) / (2.5M barrels/day)
>
>They should have their laptops bought and paid for in 8 days...
..assuming they actually order them someday. It's just *vapor*, as we
speak.
"[Updated Aug. 1, 2006 -- This story was modified to eliminate the
impression given by the original wording that firm, written, legally
binding "orders" had been placed by any of the four countries
listed.]"
"We have not finalized the deal with the Nigerian government yet"
"We are actively moving ahead with Brazil, Argentina and Thailand..."
http://desktoplinux.com/news/NS7131519895.html
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