From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 12 19:26:44 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D75116A46D for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:26:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists-fbsd@shadypond.com) Received: from mx-outbound01.easydns.com (mailout1.easydns.com [205.210.42.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1630013C4BD for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:26:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists-fbsd@shadypond.com) Received: from lilypad.shadypond.com (69-12-173-117.static.humboldt1.com [69.12.173.117]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx-outbound01.easydns.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B74A94858D for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:33:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from slider.shadypond.com (slider.shadypond.com [192.168.1.11]) by lilypad.shadypond.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47EBFB841 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:26:32 +0000 (UTC) From: Pollywog To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:26:28 +0000 References: <20071111195501.46d58539@p4> <200711120704.lAC744lR082341@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <4738A434.8020204@chuckr.org> In-Reply-To: <4738A434.8020204@chuckr.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200711121926.29063.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> Subject: [OFFTOPIC] Re: One Laptop Per Child X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:26:44 -0000 On Monday 12 November 2007 19:06:28 Chuck Robey wrote: > > I wish it wasn't this way. Maybe it's just in the schools I visited? > If so, anyone have a better experience? Until I hear of some, I won't > contribute to any "computers for kids" deal, because it only benefits > big computer companies, who sell the machines, not the kids. It is true that the companies that sell computers and software benefit, but the same could be said of companies that sell state-approved textbooks to schools (if you have seen those textbooks you know what I mean), the companies that sell shoes for sports, etc. There is one large software company that gives some software to schools and then gets a tax cut even though it benefits down the line when those kids grow up to buy that company's software because that is the software they know. I still think it is better for kids to know how to use computers, even if a few business people also benefit.