Comments on: Quote of the Week: April 22 https://archive.opentheory.net/2007/04/quote-of-the-week-april-22/ Speculations on the Frontiers of Science and Culture Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Mike https://archive.opentheory.net/2007/04/quote-of-the-week-april-22/#comment-94 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:38:00 +0000 https://archive.opentheory.net/2007/04/quote-of-the-week-april-22/#comment-94 Ah! I think the one laptop per child project is going ahead as planned (with linux), but Microsoft is making loud noises about offering xp+office for $3 on donated computers. So, what you say may indeed happen in the future, but I don’t think it’s a done deal yet. It’s an interesting theory. Might be something to it.

Personally, I think offering open source software with computers will do a lot to promote a homegrown software ecosystem, the existence of which which will help poor countries *far* more than just giving people usable computers. That’s my two cents. :)

]]> By: mike https://archive.opentheory.net/2007/04/quote-of-the-week-april-22/#comment-95 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:00:00 +0000 https://archive.opentheory.net/2007/04/quote-of-the-week-april-22/#comment-95 in absolutely no relation to your post, is Microsoft attempting to corner the market in Africa? The one laptop per child project recently changed course with the design and cost of their machine, and many speculate that it will no longer run Linux, but a stripped-down version of XP (at $3-per for licensing). One article equated it to a tobacco company selling cigarettes cheaply to poor countries to create an addiction dependent on future projected profits. What do you think?

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