[Assam] WoW--the $ 10 Desi Laptop is Here!!!

[mc mahant]

<buying Zantac >
Common salt would suffice.
A pince!!
mm> From: absarangapani at hotmail.com> To: assam at assamnet.org> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 18:05:27 -0600> Subject: Re: [Assam] WoW--the $ 10 Desi Laptop is Here!!!> > > Good you found out about that, C'da. > > Have you already spent the money buying Zantac to reduce the heartburn? If you have the reciept and haven't opened the package yet, you can return it, you know! > > Oh wait, may be you can save them to use for many more other things that India might come up with. > > :) :) :)> > > > > > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 15:22:38 -0600> To: assam at assamnet.org> From: cmahanta at charter.net> Subject: [Assam] WoW--the $ 10 Desi Laptop is Here!!!> > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Govts_much-awaited_10_laptop_turns_out_be_a_joke/articleshow/4078115.cms> > > > Govt's much-awaited $10 laptop turns out be a joke> 5 Feb 2009, 0054 hrs IST, Neelima Rao, TNN> > > TIRUPATI: The hype surrounding the $10 laptop ``prototype'' with two > GB RAM turned out to be a joke when the department of Human Resources > Development announced - during its inauguration in the temple town of > Tirupati - that it wasn't a laptop at all but a computing device.> > While the world eagerly waited for the launch of the $10 laptop - > designed by students of Vellore Institute of Technology, scientists > in Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, IIT-Madras, UGC and MHRD - > it wasn't a patch on the $100 laptop made by MIT.> > The MHRD officials said the price was working out to be $20 but with > mass production it was bound to come down to $10 (Rs 500) and thus > become affordable for every student in India.> > But netizens were disappointed when the ``laptop'' turned out to be > nothing more than a computing device along with a hard disk with > e-books, e-journals and relevant educative material through the > state-art-of-the-art ``Sakshat'' portal.> > As the device appeared smaller than the normal laptop with 10-inch > length and five-inch width, buzz got around that it was a > ``Nano-top'' and not a laptop. But MHRD official brought the curtains > down on all the hungama, saying it was just a computing device with > 2GB memory.> > Joint Secretary, MHRD, N K Sinha said that the device still needs to > be fine tuned. But he had no answer to the million dollar question: > where was the $10 laptop?> > The talk of the ``invention'' had raised expectations of bridging the > technological divide between rural and urban India. Talking to TOI, a > Professor from Sri Venkateswara University said (on the condition of > anonymity), ``How can just a computing device bridge the digital > divide and make access to computer literacy affordable to the masses? > Where will poor students get computers to jack this gizmo with? Will > MHRD provide computers and internet connectivity in rural and remote > areas? There is no clarity among the officials themselves,'' he said.> > A research scholar from Mahila University said, ``How many students > in Tirupati have access to computers? Then, MHRD hasn't given details > of the size of the screen, storage, processor, etc. MHRD should first > think about the feasibility of such projects before they are > launched. The entire world was watching. This act of MHRD has shamed > the nation,'' she said.> > > > > _______________________________________________> assam mailing list> assam at assamnet.org> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> _________________________________________________________________> Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. > http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_howitworks_022009> _______________________________________________> assam mailing list> assam at assamnet.org> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
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