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India Officially Launches Simputer
aravind writes "The Communications and IT Minister, Pramod Mahajan, has launched India's indigenously developed low-cost handheld Personal Computer -- Simputer -- at an IT and Communication expo, SMAU 2002, in Milan. A low-cost handheld PC on GNU/Linux working through a browser for international markup language IML, priced at Rs9000 (less than $200). 200Mhz StrongArm processor, 32MB DRAM, 24 MB flash, touchscreen, speakers, USB, text-to-speech, MP3 capability ... " Look here for some of the previous stories we've run on the Simputer.
I was fucking this Indian girl once and her pussy stunk like it hadn't been cleaned in years.
Truth be told, it probably HADN'T been cleaned in years!
-klerck
i wonder if families in india will send these units to relatives working in the US
maybe if the 7-11 clerks have 'em, i can understand what it is they're trying to say to me
come on, you know you thought of that
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I don't think you understand (although I dont blame you as the link was not very informative). I've read up on this and it's a massive government subsidized project. I don't think they'll be selling them to just anyone since they lose money on each unit and India is in no position to give foreign to computer geeks =)
I think this is a really classic example of socialist, big government thinking in India. They see bad results from their economy and think they should throw more money and government at the problem when government is the problem to begin with. It's impossible to start a business in India and even harder to open corporate offices and sell products. Capitalism is considered untrustworthy there and it takes a take a lot of kickbacks and forms to get anything accomplished.
But i'm sure it sounded like a really good idea on paper
The main problem is the understanding of the word. You'd expect that being indigenous means being wholly developed locally. But far from it. Take the Simputer for example. Most of the components are from technologies outside India. The same with their Param supercomputer (rebadged Suns) and many of the so called "indigenous" technologies. Where do you think the technology for propelling India's missiles/rockets came from? To this end, Indians have proved to be good integrators. Maybe it's the politicians in New Delhi misleading the public or their attempt to provide a feel good factor but I think that it's being...err...disingenuous!
Ask bush to fuck you first.
why must you likr this? :(
IML can stand for anything i pull out of my ass. the Simputer web site mentions "international", "illiterate", and "information" as possible mnemonical definitions for "I" in "IML". Incidently, as im writing this, I coined a IML, "I Milk Link", a word that means "Rice Krispies".
Your second argument is just stupid. Products are always advertised, and almost always (when the budget permits) are before they hit the shelves. Not to say that this comparison is true in all cases, but consider the Gamecube. We knew it was coming long before the first ad hit television.
Drunk, but smarter than you...
Carlos!
uain't got nuthin! bitch!
i fucking rule!! you fucking don't. bitch.
Excuse me Mr. AC #4543138 (from the guttered English in America), "AN MBA" is incorrect usage. The correct form is "A MBA". Just cause you use this incorrect form does not mean the Queen's English would change.
And the AC before you used the proper context and pointed out a mistake by our little Indian fellow.
Thank You.
Irishman.