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Re: COLA posting made it to video program

  • Subject: Re: COLA posting made it to video program
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 07:11:44 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / MCC / Manchester University
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__/ [ Richard G. Riley ] on Saturday 18 March 2006 21:44 \__

> On 2006-03-18, Rex Ballard <rex.ballard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Of course, each village would have a "hub" and each "hub" could connect
>> up to about 50 households.  With the ability to market goods and
>> services directly to the "West", it wouldn't be long before these
>> families were buying extra laptops and extra hubs.
>>
> 
> Yeah, because spending that money on more hubs will really help the
> villagers. Maybe they can tape them to the end of sticks to help dig
> crop lines, or throw them at marauding elephants? If they cut open the
> top maybe they could use them to collect water?
> 
> Heh, who will by cranking their web server? Maybe they could take turns

I find that a tad disrespectful, to say the very least. If it came from
Ballmer's mouth, however, I would not be surprised. He once said: "Are you
going to trust some guy from China?" (referring to Linux)

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