--- In simputer@yahoogroups.com, "afolly_mil2" <afolly_mil2@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Ashraf,
>
> Do the math...
>
> How many would you need to sell every month, and at what profit, to
> break even?

If you delve deep into this group you would discover that money
never played much of a role in the Simputer. None came forward to take
it up as a shining example of Indian achievement. The Simputer was to
the nascent Indian IT hardware business something like the TATA's
'Nano' is supposed to be for the Indian automotive industry. But
unfortunately the Simputer did not have a TATA behind it. Neither was
the Govt. of India behind it. As some of the people in this group had
held out for. That put paid to the numbers and profit angle of it.

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.

Not many left who remember the Simputer. About the 'janatha' wanting
it they are quite happy with their 'ipods' and Chinese 'mobiles. Again
if you explore this group you will find very few who seriously
recommended 'marketing' 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!

As I stated flogging a dead horse ain't gonna make it spring to life
with new vigour. It the wide world of Information Technology if you
miss the bus there ain't no way of getting back on the bus you missed.

> Regards,
>
> Ahmad
>
Ashraf

>
> --- 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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