Why India's $35 computer joke isn't funny (Comment) - SINDH TODAY

Here we go again! India’s Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal has “launched” a $35 computer, evidently a “dream project” of his. The touch-screen, Linux-based device looks iPad-inspired, but we know little about how it works.

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It emerged from a student project with a bill of material adding up to $47, a price that the minister wants to bring down to $10 “to take forward inclusive education”. It promises browser and PDF reader, wi-fi, 2GB memory, USB, Open Office, and multimedia content viewers and interfaces.

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Will it die a quick death within this year, or a painful, government-funded one over the next two? I fear the latter. Project Sakshat even has a busy website so it looks like a project well under way.

Why India's $35 computer joke isn't funny (Comment) - SINDH TODAY