__/ [ Roy Schestowitz ] on Monday 12 March 2007 11:17 \__
> One laptop per child
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> | The XO is now being sold for $150, which is expected to drop soon to
> | $100, but I was still thinking that it sounded a bit pricey for the
> | developing world. I saw a comment online to the effect that that
> | isn't much at all, when you consider that you're not going to have
> | to print expensive text books for its young owners.
> |
> | Instead, the materials the children need can be cheaply loaded
> | onto their laptops and written work can be transmitted to the
> | teacher for marking, without the need for any paper. Makes sense
> | to me.
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http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?from=rss_IOLTechHome&iSectionId=2883&iArticleId=3722631
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> Intel and Microsoft lobbyist spread disinformation.
Correction: it's South Africa, not NZ. A mental slip that's due to NZ's
contradiction call on OOXML (also this morning).
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