$.30 here, $.30 there...

$.30 here, $.30 there...

Posted Dec 20, 2005 8:40 UTC (Tue) by Duncan (guest, #6647)
In reply to: $.30 here, $.30 there... by Baylink
Parent article: Quanta Building MIT's $100 Laptops (eWeek)

Costs add up, absolutely. However, the hand-crank was part of the project
definition, because these things must be usable where electricity isn't
available.

As for batteries, they may be fairly cheap, but when cash income may be
less than a dollar a day, and that may be for a family of 10, and
batteries aren't for barter, only cash...

Duncan (who grew up in Kenya, East Africa, in the 70s, and knows a bit
about such things, tho only as a missionary kid, thankfully!)

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