[SGVLUG] The impact of currency valuations

[Christopher Smith]

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2209978/elonex-launches-sub-100-laptop

Note that this computer is sellling for 99 sterling. So, they managed to
stay double digit (admittedly, the devices are fairly different). Now,
notice how the USD has done against the sterling over the last five
years:

http://finance.yahoo.com/currency/convert?from=GBP&to=USD&amt=1&t=5y

Then see how the sterling is doing against the Euro:

http://finance.yahoo.com/currency/convert?from=GBP&to=EUR&amt=1&t=5y

Then you start to realize that this graph isn't all that surprising:

http://finance.yahoo.com/currency/convert?from=USD&to=EUR&amt=1&t=5y

Which makes you realize that if the OLPC project had stated at the
beginning that the XO would be 100 *Euro* per unit, they'd have been
saying pretty much the same thing, but they'd now be basically on
target.

--Chris