From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 12 19:40:53 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 587ED16A41A for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:40:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from b.movaqar@adempiere.org) Received: from kedah.mschosting.com (kedah.mschosting.com [202.75.42.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F22013C4A5 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:40:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from b.movaqar@adempiere.org) Received: from [87.107.63.161] (port=51215 helo=attila) by kedah.mschosting.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1Irf9D-0006Ax-T7; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:40:41 +0800 Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:09:20 +0330 From: "Bahman M." To: Olivier Nicole Message-ID: <20071112230920.17bac37c@attila> In-Reply-To: <200711120704.lAC744lR082341@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> References: <20071111195501.46d58539@p4> <200711120704.lAC744lR082341@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.0 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - kedah.mschosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - adempiere.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 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 19:40:53 -0000 On 2007-11-12 Olivier Nicole wrote: > > I am usually not the one to bring up these things but I feel very > > strongly about this. Starting Monday, November 12 this website is > > offering a give one get one deal. I believe the money will be well > > invested. YMMV > > > > http://xogiving.org/ > > That is a difficult issue, while this is an opportunity, I doubt this > is the most needed thing to provide education. We are talking giving > laptop to people who do not even have electricity in some cases... I second the idea. No doubt that OLPC is a great effort but I wonder how such ideas will be useful in 3rd world countries where the IT infrastructures are so poor that even dial-up Internet is not available in some towns, let alone villages and rural regions. I try to be not cynic but there are so many problems in education system that learning how to use a computer has a low priority. Anyway, let's hope OLPC will do what it's supposed to do. -- Bahman Movaqar Whenever there are great virtues, it's a sure sign something's wrong. -Bertolt Brecht