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On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:55 PM, tom brough <tombrough@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 24/09/10 06:16, Henry Bremridge wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 09:23:08PM +0100, Eion MacDonald wrote: >>> Regret, Indian Export control does not allow tax subsidised devices to >>> be exported. You won't see it any where outside India at Indian price or >>> only smuggled out ones. >>> Also how does politician or civil servant on this project get his >>> income from this low price. As one who has dealt in India with Indian >>> States and Federal government servants and politicians I had an >>> automatic 'admin cost' [which is not low!] which was put into our >>> costings on any transaction so we could ensure delivery of product. >> >> As a cynic? >> >> 1/ Get the money, tax rebate, whatever >> >> 2/ Don't deliver a useable product but in the meantime jobs will be made >> available for a select few with help from suppliers who need to be >> shown to be supporting India >> >> 3/ Bank the profits and the votes >> >> 4/ In a few years, scrap everything unsold (ie all bar maybe one or two) and >> complain bitterly and very publicly about "foren" competition. >> >> (I admit that I started the assumption on the basis that the goods could >> not be delivered, equally Ministers could ask large firms to help with >> design etc, in exchange for said help Ministerial assistance could be provided >> with the interminable paperwork) >> >> >> > > I know that I tend to look at the world with rose tinted glasses when it > comes to initiatives like this but .... > > I don't think the Indian Government would do that in this case. Indian > culture takes education very seriously and not for granted.... > > The Government is subsidising this project. And whether it is a success > or a failure, I think in this case the Indian Government is following a > determination to get some sort of ICT infrastructure into the classroom. > > Remember that if you based initiatives on previous track records Moon > landings and rocket flight would have been abandoned long before they > started. > > Accepted that OLPC has flopped due to some wobbles at the top with > regard to installing MS products, which subsequently doubled the price > because of the extra grunt needed in the hardware to cater for XP(ired). > But I would really hope that Microsoft arn't going to be allowed to > interfere with this one. Me too :-) > > Tom. > > Roly -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq