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Tuesday April 28, 2009
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The Indian government has reportedly been working on creating a "$10 laptop" for its poorer citizens. But with that project still largely a pipe dream, it's opted to invest a good chunk of money into the One Laptop Per Child Program, buying some 250,000 XO Laptops.
OLPC initially launched a pilot program in India back in 2007. The program, involving 20 laptops, was largely considered a success. The new shipment of laptops will be sent to 1,500 schools. Satish Jha, the CEO of OLPC India, hopes that some three million units will be sent to the country this year.
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April 28, 2009 1:22 PM
Why is this news not on OLPC's website ?
Why has there been no comment by Indian politician or any decision making authority out there ?
When was the last time that India as a country promised a vendor for thousands of devices - the decisions are usually taken at state level by very smart execs who are proud of their work.
Is it just fluff we are talking about ? What are the details of this deal ? Who was involved ? What criteria was chosen ? Where are the tender details ? Questions...
April 28, 2009 5:41 PM
@RK: Let me help you:
http://news.google.com/news?q=OLPC+India
There's plenty of stories out there in addition to this one that might answer some of your questions.
Now then! This is really exciting, especially considering the OLPC was almost dead there for a while. I'm really excited to see the product continue serving such a good purpose, especially after so many corporate backers pulled out of the project in favor of their own bottom lines and the evolving netbook market.
May 4, 2009 12:19 AM
helllo alan,
hope u don't take me wrong - i like olpc too and i appreciate what they are aiming to do. such low cost computing devices will reshape our future gens.
my concern is this particular news is there is no substance in it. all links you have sent me are carbon copies of one another. why is indian government so quiet about it esp in these days of elections ?
NO OFFICIAL STATEMENT HAS BEEN GIVEN YET - EITHER BY OLPC OR INDIAN GOVT. Media has written something which they heard. There is no proof as no official statements have been given by indian government, beneficiaries or even olpc. i just cannot help but see it as a trick by olpc to revive themselves (as you yourself said, they were almost dead).
i work with NGOs and i follow similar programs done by microsoft, intel's classmate pc, ncomputing, amd's 50x15 initiatives and all of them give official statements and details. but things are not right in this olpc news (as of now).
i hope i am wrong here and i don't care but there are just too many holes if you read the media articles closely and clearly.
-RK.