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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
India to follow $2,000 car with $20 laptop - James Lamont, Financial Times New Delhi
India is planning to produce a laptop computer for the knockdown price of about $20 (€16, £14), having come up with the Tata Nano, the world’s cheapest car at about $2,000. India’s “Sakshat” laptop is intended to boost distance online learning to help India fulfil its overwhelming educational needs. It forms part of a broader plan to improve e-learning at more than 18,000 colleges and 400 universities. However, some analysts are sceptical that a $20 laptop would be commercially sustainable and the project has yet to attract a commercial partner.
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