Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:09:20 +0330 From: "Bahman M." <b.movaqar@adempiere.org> To: Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: One Laptop Per Child Message-ID: <20071112230920.17bac37c@attila> In-Reply-To: <200711120704.lAC744lR082341@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> References: <20071111195501.46d58539@p4> <200711120704.lAC744lR082341@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>
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On 2007-11-12 Olivier Nicole wrote: > > I am usually not the one to bring up these things but I feel very > > strongly about this. Starting Monday, November 12 this website is > > offering a give one get one deal. I believe the money will be well > > invested. YMMV > > > > http://xogiving.org/ > > That is a difficult issue, while this is an opportunity, I doubt this > is the most needed thing to provide education. We are talking giving > laptop to people who do not even have electricity in some cases... I second the idea. No doubt that OLPC is a great effort but I wonder how such ideas will be useful in 3rd world countries where the IT infrastructures are so poor that even dial-up Internet is not available in some towns, let alone villages and rural regions. I try to be not cynic but there are so many problems in education system that learning how to use a computer has a low priority. Anyway, let's hope OLPC will do what it's supposed to do. -- Bahman Movaqar Whenever there are great virtues, it's a sure sign something's wrong. -Bertolt Brecht
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