Re: [school-discuss] $100.00 laptop

[William Fragakis <william@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

that suggests that the potential market is in the millions rather than 
there is an order limit.

By being at such a cheap price, a M of Ed can consider buying them the 
same way they buy text books - as a commodity for each student - 
instead of a special budget item per school.

Regards,
William

On Sep 30, 2005, at 3:45 PM, Bill Kendrick wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 03:14:32PM -0400, Christine F. Wanta wrote:
> > Where did you get the million unit minimum order from? I can't find
> > anything stating that and would like to follow up. Unless I misread 
> > the
> > article (which is always possible ;->
>
> From their website:
>
>   "Third, we will market the laptops in very large numbers (millions),
>   directly to ministries of education, which can distribute them like
>   textbooks."
>
> http://laptop.media.mit.edu/
>
> -bill!