On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Anthony <wikim...@inbox.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 4:59 PM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 2009/6/2 George Herbert <george.herb...@gmail.com>: >> >> > OLPC is focused on kids. That's important. Perhaps a sister program >> > to provide one OLPC or like device per village, with a more adult >> > development / educational / practical hands on skills data set load >> > would be appropriate. >> >> >> http://www.pixelqi.com/ are displaying their first prototypes this >> week at Computex in Taipei. Put one of those in a cheap cheap cheap >> netbook with lotsa flash. Expensive this year, half the price every >> second year following. > > > Yeah, OLPC without the focus on kids is just a netbook, and there are > already netbooks cheaper than OLPCs.
OLPC will last far longer out in the field than alternate platforms, and uses less power. Durability matters... -- -george william herbert george.herb...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
