these are some follow through arguments of points i have collected reading and a) cannot be bothered referencing and b) am only writing them down because its 5 o'clock and i cant sleep <br><br>1. Rural areas are the more affected areas, who through the problem of being rural have less attractability/reachability for teachers and, especially in poor countries, are normally the more poverty stricken areas and hence force have shit loads of kinds (families have kids as their old age pension skeem) Now if u combine schools with no money u don't get a lot out of that. I mean we are talking about the lucky few who can go to school because their parents can afford school fees. although the western world sends a lot of aid they normally do this in form of supplements like food and book n stuff. they don't like paying
people.plus u have the major problem of native educated people preferring to opt out to higher pay out-of-the land jobs.<br><br>2. on the one hand we can be harsh and criticise the bad points of the OLPC project but the only reason intel and all the other majors are developing comparative products is because the project has shown that selling pc's too poor countries is a feasible business model. now if u look at intel they are like ms out to make money where as the OLPC just really wants to get even big +.
<br><br>3. spending money on teachers is good but alone not sufficient, schools don't soley rely on teachers they need book and pens and all kind of shit. now although teachers are good they are the least difficult part. shipping is expensive especially spacial products(like books) so if we could do the same like condensed milk did for us (am revering to my British side) during the 2nd ww then, instead of that ammunition from the example, we could send more food and save shipping cost; plus plus.
<br><br>4. if the laptops weren't open source that would be a minus, why?. well Ms has never really been a major advertiser on free software for its platform so u kinda hope they don't take over. we don't want kids in 3rd world countries opting for credit cards so they can buy more educational info's
<br><br>5. How much does MS spend on education in this country. shit loads. schools get the complete ms cd pack with 100 cds in for like 50 quid a year, why? because they like people to be able to use ms when they finish education why? so that businesses out of clever buisnessing think they save money by not having to teach their staff ms products. so i think that these laptops are one step into the direction for Linux
<br><br>6. the reason why we have not yet have this technology implemented in this country could be a pr thing with the government, wouldn't wont to be associated with a 3 world country would we now plus this product is new and has only been though about for 3rd world countries doesn't mean u couldn't ask ur school to buy some or even the parents but the days are young and better maybe following the current ones
<br><br>the real solution would be to pump money into local businesses to produce shit so that parents have more money which the ultimately spend partly on their children and so one would not only boost educational standards but also the state of the country turning it from a needer possibly into a giver.
<br>but would we have really bought options for local businesses because lets face it we are geeks and like the tecky stuff, so u get a sweet mobile laptop and u even help the developing world<br><br>i am sure i have invented a few words and i hope u find my points interesting and worth while to read otherwise, well, u properly wont read this
<br><br>peace Lo5t<br>