I know quite a few children in the US who benefit from laptops running a proprietary stack.
Web access is the core capability that transforms the computer from a convenience to a near necessity. Before the web, most people in developed countries had computers at work for doing "Office" stuff, but only a fraction of households had them. "activities" will hold children's attention for some time, but in the long term, the desire to access all of the world's information will persist long after the activities become boring. Suppose, as a thought experiment, that someone were to propose giving every child in the world a device that could do nothing but access the web. Would you consider that a positive educational step? I would. _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
