A $100 laptop that is profitable for the manufacturer is a much better solution than just giving free computers to the poor. Why? Because the small investment they make will provide an incentive to actually learn to use it.
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The pRoblem is that it’s not profitable. The machines cost $110 at the moment. That may come down thanks to Moore’s law, but there is charitable money involved for the moment.
$110? Sounds like they need to outsource it.