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Technetra: PCs For The People, By The People–Will The People Buy Them?

[ Thanks to Robert Adkins for
this link. ]

“The world on the other side of the digital divide regularly
reverberates with announcements of cheap PCs. In India, where there
is constant talk by government and non-government organizations,
the next generation Simputer, called Mobilis, has been just
released with great fanfare by Encore Software together with the
Ministry of Science and Technology. At US $200+, Mobilis
incorporates various home grown technologies and is targeted at
low-end office automation and military applications. At the same
time, other companies, like Xenitis and Celetronix are introducing
similarly priced low-end PCs which use more standardized
components…”


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