__/ [ Ramon F Herrera ] on Saturday 18 March 2006 10:31 \__
> The Gates mocking of the MIT laptop is the most discussed story in
> news.com, and it has a comment first published in COLA (the Marie
> Antoinette reference).
>
> http://news.com.com/1606-2-6051192.html
>
>
http://news.com.com/Gates+mocks+MITs+100+laptop+effort/2100-1044_3-6050276.html?tag=nefd.pulse
>
>
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> From: Ramon F Herrera
> Date: Wed, Feb 1 2006 8:29 am
>
> When I was growing up in South America in the 60s, I remember a doctor
> in my hometown used to say: "I never prescribe vitamins to the poor,
> because vitamins cause hunger and then they will not have enough food
> to satisfy their hunger".
>
> Little did I know that so many years later I would read the same
> argument:
>
> "Those PCs will not work in developing countries because they don't
> have good Internet connections". William H. Gates, The Third.
>
> "Let them eat cake" - Marie Antoinette.
>
> -Ramon
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I remember your comment and analogy to this date. After Bill Gates'
derogatory words and pulling out of the Origami (cake), this couldn't be
any more relevant.
Microsoft have identified several threats, which were not realised or tru-
ly appreciated a few years back: IBM, Google from Stanford and finally the
laptop from MIT, which could bring Linux to half a billion people (a young
generation) within a couple of years. Microsoft are righting in many
fronts at the moment because their products and services give little rea-
son to be used or paid for.
With friendly regards,
Roy
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