Seems like they are (already) in trouble:

http://www.msnbc.com/news/779559.asp?0dm=B18MT&cp1=1

Michael

Jerome Chan wrote:
> CNN has an article about India's PDA.
> 
> BANGALORE, India (Reuters) -- India is ready this month to roll out its 
> $200 "Simputer," a handheld computer aimed at wooing the poor across the 
> digital divide.
> 
> http://asia.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/07/05/india.simputer.reut/index.html
> 
> It runs Linux so Squeak should already work on this machine.
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