February 01, 2009

Indian project one-ups OLPC with ten dollar laptop The laptop was developed by students at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore and will be distributed as part of the National Mission on Education.

Looks like it's actually still a bit up in the air at the moment, but great if they do deliver.

posted by Abiezer_Coppe 15 years ago
  • Excellent stuff, hope it works out according to plan. aaaand the Best Title of the Week prize goes to.... Abiezer! congratulations, fine work *applauds*
  • This would be great indeed if it succeeds - however, I am just a tad skeptical at this point...
  • Me too: I'd like to see the price breakdown.
  • I saw the comments under the stories that had similar doubts about the ability to deliver at that cost and you do wonder if the ten dollars is a bit plucked out of the air, but the backing of the national educational initiative should hopefully see computers delivered even if not quite so cheaply.
  • I don't doubt that an inexpensive, low power laptop is feasible but $10.00 seems pretty optimistic. Hopefully they'll be able to learn from and avoid some of the problems that have plagued the OLPC project - scope creep, a poorly defined mission and meddlesome involvement by the likes of Microsoft and Intel. Having the thing designed and built in the country in which it is intended to be used and the fact that it is part of an overall infrastructure and education strategy should help.
  • mmmmm, chips Pass the HP Sauce-- I'll have two on the fish.
  • I'm tellin' ya, HP will make those chips more palatable.
  • From islander's link: But hyping the Sakshat has resulted in a lot of confusion, a global interest that will possibly turn to scorn, and it's also done nothing to help the very children the scheme aims to assist. Yeah, but apart from that...
  • So the Sakshat is a Sak of Shat then?