Microsoft tactics push India toward Linux Jul 1, 2008, 09 :30 UTC (6 Talkback[s]) (4623 reads) (Other stories by Henry Kingman)
"The laptops will be purchased in volume by Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT), which works as a volume purchaser for students in the state. Tamil Nadu is the Southern-most of India's 28 states, and home to the technology center of Chennai (formerly known as "Madras"). ELCOT says it will purchase more than 100,000 laptops this year, selling them to Indian students for about $800, a considerable mark-down compared to retail value, it says."
