On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 13:58:07 +0200, Hadron Quark wrote:
> Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 09:54:11 +0200, Hadron Quark wrote:
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>
>>>> PCs for the Poor - As Good As Their Hype?
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | Negroponte named companies that had agreed to collaborate on what
>>>> | would become the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project.
>>>> |
>>>> | Notably, the list did not include Microsoft and Intel, the world's
>>>> | largest software and microchip manufacturers, respectively. Instead,
>>>> | the laptop would use a processor from Advanced Micro Devices and an
>>>> | operating system based on Linux, whose code is freely available for
>>>> | anyone to modify and distribute.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://allafrica.com/stories/200607311448.html
>>>>
>>>> The project saw great advancement and success recently.
>>>
>>> Has anyone actually stopped and asked what the hell hungry kids in a 3rd
>>> world, child labour intensive sweat pit are going to *do* with a laptop??????
>>>
>>> Start advocating self sustainable resources as opposed to actually
>>> creating them?
>>>
>>> Has the world gone mad?
>>
>> You talk as if there are no projects addressing these other needs.
>>
>
> Underfunded ones.
Practically all projects of the kind ar underfunded. This isn't the fault
of the laptop creators.
>
>>>
>>> This project is no more than some crackpots trying to solve a technical
>>> issue to garner themselves praise and publicity.
>>>
>>> I expect to see these laptops on the end of sticks being used as shovels
>>> within a year.
>>
>> Seems like you haven't heard of the wind-up radio project, which is a
>> great success. This, if handled properly, should be the same.
>
> I have. Its a joke.
Not from what I've heard. It's become very popular.
>
>>
>> People as poor as this are often absolutely desperate for education.
>
> Blackboard and chalk. Books.
>
> Wind up portables do not cut the mustard.
They're an additional tool, where appropriate.
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Kier
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