Hi Ashraf,

Do the math...

How many would you need to sell every month, and at what profit, to
break even? I am sure the Simputer or its successor can make a
comeback if people want it. But it should not be a few hundred
people. It needs thousands per month to support the infrastructure
to market and maintain it.

If you and others really feel there is sufficient need for such a
device, let's define what we want and find someone to build it!

Regards,

Ahmad



--- In simputer@yahoogroups.com, "Khan Md Ashraf" <kmashr@...> wrote:
>
> I think a lot of people belonging to this group are always hoping
that
> the simputer will make a major comeback.
> What it's creators and marketers never caught on to or cared about
was
> that it was a dream come true for a lot of Indians like me.
> But as is wont in this country the best can simply fail because the
> people behind it gave up too soon and too easily.
> They were happy to ape what came from the west better still not even
> build on our ability to be as good as if not better than the west.
> To me one shining example of it is our ISRO, they never gave up.
Today
> they have proved that they are as capable if not better than the
rest
> of the world.
>
> The reason the Simputer turned out to be a dead duck was because the
> all too easy 'we give up' attitude sprung up to kill it.
> I don't care if it sold or not outside of our borders, it was meant
> for India and Indians and without a doubt would have improved with
> time. I don't care what the west or anybody else said about it too.
>
> We also should realise that most Indians really care nothing much
for
> India as can be seen from the goings on in Maharashtra. In less that
> 100 years we are likely to revert back to the hodge podge of states
> and fiefs we were before the British dragged together a country out
of
> all of them called India
>
> Ashraf
> --- In simputer@yahoogroups.com, sridhar G <sosreeus@> wrote:
> >
> > Is some one from Simputer hearing about this? I too wonder why don
> you have a proper marketing channel to deal this? After all even
> flowers/Agarbathis are selling online. We claim ourself as too techy
> not even providing online payment access. What is that really
stoping?
> >
> > Satish Jha <satish.jha@> wrote: Anura,
> >
> > What is it about a device that does not have even a few thousand
> pieces in
> > production in 8 years that keeps people coming back to it and yet
> does not
> > reflect in anything else like growing sales (did they really
> start?).. In
> > the world of PCs and its substitutes, if a product does not hit a
> million in
> > year 1, its considered dead by the market.. What do you think
keeps
> the myth
> > of simputer alive and kicking?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > On Jan 13, 2008 6:12 AM, Anura Shantha <nrshantha@> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > I'm Anura and I'm sri lankan.I'm interested about the
simputer.And
> I want
> > > to know about it.I wish to get a simputer.If you can help to me
to
> get a
> > > simputer it is great help to me . Thank you very much.
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