Thai Ministry to Sell Low-Cost Computers

[Posted April 30, 2003 by corbet]

Here's an article in the Bangkok Post regarding a plan by the Thai Information and Communications Technology Ministry to sell low-cost, Linux-based computers. "The ministry expects that the second phase of the Computer ICT project will be able to distribute 300,000 units a month or 10 times more than in the first phase. It aims to place one million PC within 12 months." The systems will cost 10,000 Baht, or just over US$250.