Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:40:42 -0300 From: Sergio Lenzi <lenzi.sergio@gmail.com> To: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>, questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: The OX laptop... Message-ID: <1176745242.2453.11.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070416034744.GA83862@thought.org> References: <17949.54850.460169.717849@whale.home-net> <1568562575.20070413025045@ghirai.com> <17951.8134.821939.357082@whale.home-net> <1176662623.13267.2.camel@localhost> <20070416034744.GA83862@thought.org>
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> > Comments pleaase???? > > > I heard/read that these will be "networked" by transceiver going > peer-to-peer. With a range of a few miles. The school or > university would serve at the link with the Internet. Yes? > If other, please explain. Yes they are networked using WI-FI in ibcss... really works... does not need any access point and can communicate at about 50 meters away each other... in a kind of "mersh" network... really simple and functional. > > I think this kind of universally affordable and endlessly > useful computer will give us countless thousands of wizards > and other scholars who would be wedged in a hopeless situation. > In a word:: Yes! > > gary > The point is that will start a new world where things will be "reinvented" in new ways. without proprietary software. With all open architeture will be able to make the "children" work together in preparing for a new world where the need of "group" working will be more and more important... Just imagine about 5 milion consumers... Here my nepheys are already in college and they now have to work and do all work using Linux at school and FreeBSD at home... That is a good point for the govern that by forcing them to use open source, makes them think and overcome problems that otherwise would be solved by pressing a button in the screen. Sergio
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