On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:28:29 +0100, "[H]omer" <spam@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> Debate widens over over deploying computers in the developing world
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | The controversy boiled over on Saturday at a meeting where Craig
>> | Barrett, chairman of Intel, squared off with Nicholas Negroponte,
>> | the former director of the MIT Media Laboratory and head of the
>> | nonprofit organization One Laptop Per Child, which is focusing
>> | on the 1.2 billion children in the developing world.
>> `---- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>> http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/28/business/cheap.php
>
>Well naturally Intel and Microsoft want to monopolise the third-world
>market, but at their prices, they don't stand a chance. Game over.
The game was over when Linux again promised something they
couldn't deliver. Status-quo for the beanie-bunch. All mouth with
no teeth.
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