On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:28:20 -1000 Mitch Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...] > > 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. Sure, you can give kids a glorified WebTV, but that's not what *I'm* interested in. Also, we're talking about a proprietary stack that may or may not be locked down. Who knows what they'll _actually_ have access to? I had hoped that at least with Linux, kids would be able to dig into the internals and figure out ways around whatever roadblocks their friendly government might put up; I don't see such a thing happening with a proprietary stack. Maybe it'll make a nice games platform, though: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2008/04/intel_classmate_the_rufus_revi.html (The world needs more obesity) If you're talking about giving kids a fast internet connection and a completely unrestricted web browser, I'd agree that they'll benefit. However, I expect OLPC to cave into whatever demands are made by governments in order to further the goal of selling more laptops. _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel