Yes but the hundreds of millions of targets in India, and billions worldwide, will obviously need new computers - and the question is how viably and fast that can be done. If it can be done reasonably at that price, then it's in more or less everyone's interests except Apple and Microsoft (still one of the most outrageously profitable companies thanks to Mr Charity Gates) to even give those computers away.
From: Matt Mahoney Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 3:09 PM To: agi Subject: Re: [agi] Pretty worldchanging The video says it has 2 GB of memory. I assume that's SSD and there is no disk. It's actually not hard to find a computer for $35. People are always throwing away old computers that still work. -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mike Tintner <[email protected]> To: agi <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, July 23, 2010 9:50:44 AM Subject: [agi] Pretty worldchanging this strikes me as socially worldchanging if it works - potentially leading to you-ain't-see-nothing-yet changes in world education (& commerce) levels over the next decade: http://www.physorg.com/news199083092.html Any comments on its technical & massproduction viability ? agi | Archives | Modify Your Subscription agi | Archives | Modify Your Subscription ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=8660244-6e7fb59c Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
