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2009/2/9 Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Yay > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1134609/India-set-launch-worlds-cheapest-laptop--7.html Don't believe everything (or anything) you read in the Mail. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/the-1637-laptop-that-wasnt-1547674.html "Officials were adamant. The 10in by 5in hand-held device had been touted as a solution to helping hundreds of thousands of students across India to access the internet. "Once the testing is over, the computers will be made available on a commercial basis," proclaimed the Indian government's Higher Education Secretary, R P Agrawal. "The target is to make it available in six months' time." In the end it was no such thing. The device unveiled this week was merely a specialised digital storage unit. It would be able to store specially produced educational materials which could then be downloaded and printed from a regular computer." -- Martinus Scriblerus scripsit ex 50º 21' N, 4º41' W -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html