On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 08:36, Walter Bender <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Personally, I am on Yama's side on this one, if only for environmental<br>
reasons. (Although it would be great if someone could design a<br>
solar-powered printer where the toner was simply locally ground-up<br>
charcoal.) But a technical solution whereby some enterprising<br>
Bolivia--the next Marcelo Claure--can set up their own Kinko's-like<br>
service would be perhaps a nice compromise. Marvin Minsky once said:<br>
"Some day paper will be a luxury item for the rich." But in the<br>
meantime, let's enable local entrepreneurship.<br>
</blockquote><div><br>Not to mention, sugar should also target more developed nations, and one of the questions I _always_ get from teachers at talks I give is "Can I print?".<br><br>-lf <br></div></div><br>