>From Jed: > This project was started many years ago by Nicholas Negroponte of MIT. The > goal is to give a laptop to every Third World child. That is, a laptop the > child can keep as personal property, and take home. See: > > http://laptop.org/en/
... > Many years ago Bill Gates said that Third World people do not need > computers, they need food and medical care. Gates is a great humanitarian > philanthropist, and he knew a lot about Third World conditions, but he was > wrong about that. My sediments as well. One has to ask: after the third world is healthy, what will they do with the rest of their healthy lives. Lao Tzu: "Give a Man a Fish, Feed Him For a Day. Teach a Man to Fish, Feed Him For a Lifetime" Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
