Where is that $100 laptop thing for? [ Re: Yet another reason to get angry with Bill... ]

Rob! ... simply.snake at gmail.com
Sat Mar 18 03:23:42 GMT 2006


On 3/17/06, Shawn McMahon <smcmahon at eiv.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 12:06:41PM +0100, Eric Feliksik said:
> >
> > more efficient than pen&paper, it's a lot more expensive as well. Why
> > not give the teacher a laptop, and the children some decent books?
>
> With dead tree books, the children can carry a few books.  With a
> laptop, they can carry thousands of books.
>
> > I don't say the project is useless, but while people keep discussing
> > what software it should run, I have no idea what the thing will be used
> > for.
>
> Neither did IBM when they built the PC.  If you throw it out there,
> people will find a use for it.

I kinda second that, and if the proyect's people see what use is given
to the laptop, maybe the "second breed" may be beter for them than the
first



More information about the sounder mailing list