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HP Thailand Sells $450 Linux Laptop

Posted by michael on from the tco dept.

greyrax writes "The revolution has begun! Seems that the Thailand branch of HP is selling Linux-based laptops for $450. The government of Thailand is now talking to Dell Thailand about a similar arrangement."

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  1. Don't buy Thai by knobmaker · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Maybe this is a dopey consideration, and I'm just a soft-headed idealist, but I no longer buy anything made in Thailand, if I can help it.

    Here's the deal: In February, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced that in three months, Thailand would win the war on drugs. When the attempt officially ended, according to the Associated Press, 2,274 Thais had been killed. The government said that only about 35 of these killings were committed by the police, in justifiable self-defense, but the Thai people and various human rights organizations believe that many more of these killings were done by the police in extrajudicial executions.

    This seems barbaric to me. The only way I have of expressing my opinion of these acts is to not spend my money on Thai goods.

    P.S. There are still drugs in Thailand. Surprising, isn't it?