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Interesting that the OLPC crew is learning a few things about international marketing. One of these is that some countries do not want thousands or more cheap laptops simply dumped into the country. They expect taxes to be paid, and if it's a government purchase, they expect local production and distribution. At least, these are the conditions Brazil is imposing - and they sound remarkably like the conditions imposed on companies trying to do business with the Canadian or American governments.

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