Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 25, 2007 03:48 PM
I am disgusted how these so-called academics haven't over the years, taken a step back and had a hard look at *what* it is they are trying to achieve. Alleviate the condition of poor third world children? With a $170 laptop? I haven't seen something so out of touch with reality in a very very long time.
These are kids without basic sanitation, food, a roof over their heads, education, nothing. You want to give them laptops and expect them to become computer literate? You don't need a PhD or be in MIT to see that this is a moronic idea.
Both Nicholas Negroponte and Intel are just pushing their own agenda(s), these laptops will probably benefit 1% of the kids they reach (if ever), the rest will be on the black market or sold for a month's food supply.
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This whole OLPC/Classmate is a farce.
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 25, 2007 03:48 PMThese are kids without basic sanitation, food, a roof over their heads, education, nothing. You want to give them laptops and expect them to become computer literate? You don't need a PhD or be in MIT to see that this is a moronic idea.
Both Nicholas Negroponte and Intel are just pushing their own agenda(s), these laptops will probably benefit 1% of the kids they reach (if ever), the rest will be on the black market or sold for a month's food supply.
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