[H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>> HRD hopes to make $10 laptops a reality
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | So far, the cost of one laptop, after factoring in labour charges,
>> | is coming to $47 but the ministry feels the price will come
>> | down dramatically considering the fact that the demand would
>> | be for one million laptops.
>> `----
>>
>> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/TOIonline/India/HRD_hopes_to_make_10_laptops_a_reality/articleshow/1999849.cms
>>
>> India uses Linux in its low-cost PCs, even those which are only planned at
>> this stage.
>
> Good grief!!! *Five quid*!!!
>
> Beat that Intel!
>
You can see why Microsoft are doing everything they can to try to lock
people here into themselves - British Library pays Microsoft for
proprietary access, BBC (Ashley Highfield) pays Microsoft for
proprietary streaming technology when all he needed was a login
mechanism for licence-fee payers (the fool).
When £5 PCs are floating around, the board has been tilted so far, that
no amount of Microsoft lobbying will save them from having to find a
real business model.
>> The UMPC dies. And no one notices.
>
> UMPCa LUMPCa doom-pa-dee ... gone.
>
> Smartphones and sub-notebooks work as a concept, these tablet thingies
> just don't. People want keyboards ... simple.
>
>> Intel has chosen Linux for its MID, essentially taking a risky that would
>> anger Microsoft.
>
> There's a lot of that going round. Just ask Dell.
>
What other choice do they have? Microsoft are looking very dead - who
wants to join them?
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