On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Martin Langhoff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:martin.langhoff@gmail.com">martin.langhoff@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">I look back at when OLPC started, and some things have changed in the</div>
world _we_ live in. But the kids we want to help with... their world<br>
hasn't changed much. They still haven't got internet for starters.<br>
Some things might be a tad closer -- lower costs per laptop, tablets<br>
are possible -- but connectivity isn't any easier or any cheaper.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>This seems to me to be a red herring. What does connectivity have to do with your choice of OS?</div><div><br></div><div>
The changes in the world "we" live in have driven down the costs (both software and hardware) of building certain types of computing applications and devices for learning. If we chose wisely, we can take advantage of these to offer "the rest" better, cheaper, and lower-power devices to enable learning. But you have to keep moving.</div>
<div> --scott</div><div> </div></div>-- <br> ( <a href="http://cscott.net/">http://cscott.net/</a> )<br>