Licensing terms require the relinquishing of rights to product innovations based on the Simputer one year after commercialization. Three companies have already shown interest in manufacturing the device, including picoPETA Simputers, which was started by founding members of The Simputer Trust. The Trust expects two million Simputers to be sold by the end of 2002. The first products should be available by the end of this year. Observers said the Simputer holds promise for bringing low-cost computing to poor countries.
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