Why the "$100" computer generates so much traffic every time it appears on this list is very curious- more heat and light -perhaps something everyone can image and thus everyone projects it into their world and thus has an idea.
I think we need to first think about the "future"- that is the next and next generation and what they want and/or have access to in the developed world for example. Think txt msg, think ipods, smart cells and these mini, hand-held, virtual games and MMRPG's. Think voip voice-to-text and text-to-voice, think multimedia and the cell phone which is as powerful as laptops only a few years ago. The $100 computer is solving a problem of the past for those who were raised and lived in the past- who are used to large screens and full keyboards and who respond to this list on these systems current learning systems such as the asynchronous conference systems, lcms, such as WebCT and Blackboard are to learning and com systems of the future what the "horseless carriage was to the "automobile"- a poor simulacrum of what is emerging, commercially. As someone said here, get these distributed and they will be obsolete before they are turned on. And, Alfred is right- hardware, alone, isn't the answer. But it is a simple default for the unimaginative. And, for agencies, its something that can be seen and felt so that the expenditures can be accounted for. thoughts? tom abeles -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
