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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> $100 laptop project eyes launch
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>| Ultimately the project's backers hope the machines could sell for
>| as little as $100 (£55).
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>| The first countries to sign up to buying the machine include
>| Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Nigeria, Libya,
>| Pakistan and Thailand.
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6224183.stm
"I have to laugh when people refer to XO as a weak or crippled
machine and how kids should get a "real' one"," Mr Negroponte told
AP.
"Trust me, I will give up my real one very soon and use only
XO. It will be far better, in many new and important ways."
The computer runs on a cut-down version of the open source Linux
operating system and has been designed to work differently to a
Microsoft Windows or Apple machine from a usability perspective.
...
"In fact, one of the saddest but most common conditions in
elementary school computer labs (when they exist in the developing
world), is the children are being trained to use Word, Excel and
PowerPoint," Mr Negroponte said.
"I consider that criminal, because children should be making
things, communicating, exploring, sharing, not running office
automation tools."
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Security is one of those funny things. You can talk about being "more"
secure, but there's no such thing. A vulnerability is a vulnerability, and
even one makes you just as insecure as anyone else. Security is a binary
condition, either you are or you aren't. - Funkenbusch 1 Oct 2006
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