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$100 laptop takes shape
Talkback This is a step forward but it should be user friendly for others like PWD's and all governments in the LDC's should fully support this initiative if ICT's for development is to be a reality by 2015 when the MDGs are to be met.
[June 5, 2006, 20:38]
$100 laptop takes shape
Talkback "One Laptop Per Child crusade"? I think perhaps you may mean "campaign". AFAIR, a crusade is a sort of war, with questionable historical precedent.
[May 25, 2006, 11:17]
$100 laptop project is 'fundamentally flawed'
Talkback We at ComputerCorps www.computercorps.org also believe that sending refurbished computers is a better way to adress the issue. We work with Rotary International to get the computers to those in need. All the best.
[June 23, 2006, 3:36]
$100 laptop scheme insists on open source
Talkback I have a feeling that MIT will be able to stay free of bribery, lock-ins and proprietary stuff.
[November 17, 2005, 9:51]
$100 laptop scheme insists on open source
Talkback No way can M$ provide an OS for this project. First requirement is stability and second is security. Thats 2 strikes against M$ already.
[November 16, 2005, 12:59]
$100 laptop scheme insists on open source
Talkback Lets hope MIT can stick to logic and moral and fend off the proprietary calls with all the possible personal bribery offered.
[November 16, 2005, 8:01]
$100 laptop scheme insists on open source
Talkback OpenBSD makes a tasty laptop.
[November 16, 2005, 4:36]
$100 laptop trials begin within weeks
Talkback This sounds a lot like the rumors last month that the OLPC had "orders" from four countries.http://www.olpcnews.com/sales_talk/countries/woops_did_we_say_ord.html For such an open group, they sure do seem to have problems communicating about...
[August 22, 2006, 17:53]
India ditches 'potentially harmful' $100 laptop plan
Talkback ' .giving the country's schoolchildren a laptop each could harm their creative thinking and analytical abilities'.
[July 28, 2006, 21:38]
India ditches 'potentially harmful' $100 laptop plan
Talkback Most so this is an age where security and parental control are not yet matured, a laptop at a younger age may make children vulnerable to bad elements. The decision is to be highly appreciated. Children could go with a more mentally challenging...
[August 1, 2006, 18:29]
Gates mocks $100 laptop
Talkback As someone who has tried to use both computers and a "3G" telephone with limited memory (and small screen), I agree with the need for more memory and a larger screen - what is the point of cheap technology access if you cannot utilise it?
[March 16, 2006, 10:48]
Why India said no to the $100 laptop
Talkback Ok, you could accuse the whole project of being some kind of self-promotion exercise but there a lot of easier things Negroponte could have chosen to do than trying to create this laptop. Can't help feeling this is a bit of a vitriolic attack on Mr...
[July 28, 2006, 10:09]
Gates mocks $100 laptop
Talkback I find Gates' comment inhuman. Only utter scum would have the complete insensitivity to make comments like that. His company has done more than any other to hold back development of IT through sucking out larger than needed licencing fees.
[March 16, 2006, 11:47]
Gates mocks $100 laptop
Talkback You have to feel sorry for Bill Gates. Someone trying to help kids in third world countries, and not doing it to make a profit. I guess making something that works and uses a stable OS is sometning Bill Gates knows nothing about.
[March 16, 2006, 12:01]
Gates mocks $100 laptop
Talkback This is the same crook that said the Internet wasn't going to have any significant impact. Guess he was too busy lulling Steve Jobs into a coma in order to lay his eggs in Steve's carcass to see that something was UP.
[March 17, 2006, 14:53]
Gates mocks $100 laptop
Talkback The linux software is stored on the server computer and each laptop runs off the network with each child having their own usb stick to boot from, with their configuration and files store on the stick.
[March 17, 2006, 15:42]
Gates mocks $100 laptop
Talkback If Bill Gates is so concerned lets see him invest some of his profits in helping the project. Only through education and the access to affordable technology will people in the developed world have a chance.
[March 20, 2006, 9:07]
Gates mocks $100 laptop
Talkback All of you people are just angry because hes successful in life and you're not. Get over it.
[March 21, 2006, 2:36]
Gates mocks $100 laptop
Talkback The poor guy still thinks somebody is interested in his oppinions.
[March 16, 2006, 10:49]
Gates mocks $100 laptop
Talkback We can be assured that if this laptop was loaded with Windows, he would take a diametrically different view. Gates' statement, I would like to ask Matt Loney the rhetorical question as to why a laptop is useless where previously a PC with a screen...
[March 21, 2006, 12:39]
