Doctor Smith wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:51:47 -0700, Tim Smith wrote:
>
>> In article <gpbkdi$l2i$2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> Vincent Fritters <Vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> What's a OLPC? Is that some toy-like computer that used to exist
>>>> before the advent of netbooks?
>>>
>>> It's a good will project that was sabotaged by Microsoft, Intel and
>>> others because they put their selfish interests first instead of the
>>> children who might benefit from the program.
>>
>> So designing a better children's computer, based on extensive field
>> research in third world classrooms to find out what the teachers
>> actually need, is sabotage?
>>
>> The OLPC plan was basically "Give kids laptops--and maybe something will
>> happen. We don't know if it will help them or hurt them. But it will
>> be cool to find out".
>
> Obviously the key point is not what they wanted but what they didn't want.
>
> They didn't want Linux, that's for sure.
So you're saying people who never saw a computer in their lives wanted
Windows?
How did they decide they didn't want Linux without ever running a computer
in the first place?
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