I am not sure what you are driving at Mitch: web browsers are available to fundamentalists of both camps. Are you suggesting that a proprietary browser will reach more children more quickly?
-walter On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 8:28 PM, Mitch Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
