Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:26:28 +0000 From: Pollywog <lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: [OFFTOPIC] Re: One Laptop Per Child Message-ID: <200711121926.29063.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> In-Reply-To: <4738A434.8020204@chuckr.org> References: <20071111195501.46d58539@p4> <200711120704.lAC744lR082341@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <4738A434.8020204@chuckr.org>
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On Monday 12 November 2007 19:06:28 Chuck Robey wrote: > > I wish it wasn't this way. Maybe it's just in the schools I visited? > If so, anyone have a better experience? Until I hear of some, I won't > contribute to any "computers for kids" deal, because it only benefits > big computer companies, who sell the machines, not the kids. It is true that the companies that sell computers and software benefit, but the same could be said of companies that sell state-approved textbooks to schools (if you have seen those textbooks you know what I mean), the companies that sell shoes for sports, etc. There is one large software company that gives some software to schools and then gets a tax cut even though it benefits down the line when those kids grow up to buy that company's software because that is the software they know. I still think it is better for kids to know how to use computers, even if a few business people also benefit.
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