On 7 May 2008, at 16:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Surely you've heard about the one-laptop-per-child initiative
before? I think your initial response is probably the correct one.
Some people will actually be so out of touch in a "let them eat
cake" kind of way that they'll think that providing every child in
Africa is a realistic aim without the people of the West waking up.
I don't think what's come out of it is a bad thing though - an
affordable machine with open source software for developing
countries. It's just a question of how you might spend the money
better isn't it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$100_laptop
Education always helps and this is a long term plan, I support it.
m
