Re: EDU Distro - was Re: [seul-edu] Linux in Elementry

[Ben Armstrong <synrg@sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca>]

On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 10:31:00AM -0700, Samuel Hart wrote:
> BTW, on a side-note, this distro wasn't originally intended to be used in the 
> way we are aiming now. Originally, this was to be an embedded Linux distro 
> for a product similar to (and in competition with ;-) this from V-Tech:
> http://www.vtechkids.com/gradeschool/g_powerzone.html
> 
> However, we couldn't keep the hardware cheap enough ($300 was as cheap as we 
> could get, $150 more than the average parent would spend back in *brighter* 
> economic times ;-) so we modified it and turned it into what we have now.

Hey, great minds think alike.  I had looked at V-Tech and this machine
in particular some months back and concluded that it was highly unlikely
that the hardware part of that solution could be provided at anything
near competitive prices to go head to head with V-Tech.  (Not that I had
the means nor inclination of actually engaging in such an undertaking
personally, but I was intrigued by the idea for a while. :)

Ben
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