Hmm, some interesting points you have there, was this directly after<br>watching the link? you did watch the link you?<br><br>Corporate America have nothing to do with dropping trade barriers,<br>I thought that was governments? how do you make that conclusion?<br><br>You'll also find the Corporate America exploits the worlds poor, and<br>use cheap labour to make these nice products the you buy. So to<br>elevate these people from poverty , does not make the stock holders happy,<br>does it.<br><br>As for internet connectivity, there are alternative to getting high speed<br>broadband to these area's, there are plenty of smart hacks and disruptive<br>technologies. You'll find that these technologies will follow, I'm involved with<br>a group that are making sustainable wind turbines to power olpc installations,<br>it's not thier only use, but it's definitely gets people imaginations going.<br><br>Okay, some communities are in dire need of the basics, but as I do
more<br>research I find communities that are stable , have the basics, but have trouble<br>educating thier young. This is where OLPC comes in.<br><br>Would it be the microsoft/intel don't like to loose, in fact history like to see<br>that they will win at any cost, even if it's stealing others idea's (pirate of<br>silicon valley).<br><br>you seems to be skillful programmer, ahem, software architect....<br><br> I can't see that you are not interested in developing applications, you use python, which is the language of choice on the platform. Maybe give it a test drive,<br>then cast yours views, you'll find it a solid operating platform. Would you<br>be saying this if the platform of choice was .net with office 2007? Does you API<br>choices cloud your development path?<br><br>Anyways, Rearranging decks chairs on the titanic, I like that, ;-), it<br>sounds rather like silver light. ho hum. <br><br>Laptops in the developing world, DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS,
say it all really.<br><br>My Microsoft Dollars worth (must upgrade, must upgrade)<br><br>Laters,<br>Lee<br><br><b><i>Gary Short <gary@garyshort.org></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> -------- Original Message --------<br>> From: Lee Hughes <toxicnaan@yahoo.co.uk><br>> Sent: 18 January 2008 00:29<br>> To: Tayside Linux User Group <dundee@mailman.lug.org.uk><br>> Subject: [dundee] OLPC BBC report<br>> <br>> It's basicly says, well that the intel one is being more favour by govements?<br>> <br>> I wonder why that is?<br><br>Could it be because it is backed by a billion dollar corporation and not by some charity that could disappear overnight if the donations dry up?<br><br>> right, lets get coding some apps for the OLPC platform, maybe that's where<br>> the difference will lie<br><br>Good idea, let's go! Oh wait... the OLPC is hand cranked 'cos the
owner may not have electricity in their hut; its peer to peer network capable as there wont be any internet/network connectivity. I'm not sure what software I could write that could move their lives forward, do you? Does anyone? You see, this is what I have against the OLPC idea; I believe there are more important things the money could be spent on that really would make a difference to these people's lives. Corporate America do you want to help the African poor? Good! How about you drop the trade barriers then and make a real difference. OLPC is just re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.<br><br>Just my tuppence worth :-)<br><br>-- <br>Cheers,<br>Gary<br>http://www.garyshort.org<br><br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>dundee GNU/Linux Users Group mailing list<br>dundee@lists.lug.org.uk http://dundee.lug.org.uk<br>https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee<br>Chat on IRC, #tlug on
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