It seems this is a repeat of the debate on the inexpensive Simputer in
India of a while back. I vaguely recall that many argued that no one
wanted a stripped down version that could not run the latest programs
and it was doing a disservice by not being able to learn marketable
programming skills.
On 10/4/05, Mikhail Doroshevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A Hundred-Dollar Laptop for Hungry Minds
>
> At Technology Review's Emerging Technology Conference at MIT September
> 28, 2005, Nicholas Negroponte, founder of MIT's Media Lab, showed off
> the design of a laptop he hopes can be sold for
The $100 PC sounds great. Four questions I want to know:
1. How are they made? (It is my understanding that Europeans have the
edge in terms of sourcing computer componentry so that they have minimal
ecological impact and are easy to recycle).
2. How long will they last?
3. What do they do with
