Government says educational system will cost $100, blames typo in speech transcript
(IDG News Service) A low-cost laptop being developed for educational uses by India's government in tandem with two leading educational and research institutions in that country will cost $100 when it becomes available — not $10, as previously stated by the government.
A spokesman for D. Purandeswari, India's minister of state for higher education, said today that the envisioned price of the laptop was listed incorrectly in the transcript of a speech that Purandeswari gave at a conference in Delhi on Tuesday.
The transcript, which was provided to reporters by the Indian government's press bureau, quoted the minister as saying that the government was aiming to offer $10 laptops to students. It has since been corrected to include the actual price that she mentioned in the speech...........
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(IDG News Service) A low-cost laptop being developed for educational uses by India's government in tandem with two leading educational and research institutions in that country will cost $100 when it becomes available — not $10, as previously stated by the government.
A spokesman for D. Purandeswari, India's minister of state for higher education, said today that the envisioned price of the laptop was listed incorrectly in the transcript of a speech that Purandeswari gave at a conference in Delhi on Tuesday.
The transcript, which was provided to reporters by the Indian government's press bureau, quoted the minister as saying that the government was aiming to offer $10 laptops to students. It has since been corrected to include the actual price that she mentioned in the speech...........
More: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9111093&source=NLT_WK&nlid=2
