desktoplinux.com— Nigeria, Brazil, Argentina, and Thailand have EACH ordered a million Linux laptops from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, DesktopLinux.com reports.
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Why is there ALWAYS some fool who says this?These laptops aren't for the most desperate regions. They're for the regions where there's a reasonable food supply, housing, etc. but where education is in need of resources.There are shades of grey, you know, it's not like the whole of the UK is wealthy, for example.
I just hope they get funneled down to the masses as intended. Not ending up on some government official's desk because its cheaper... Or sold for profit...
isajeepAug 1, 2006
Spam is about to shoot through the roof.
whatwasthatAug 1, 2006
sounds great! now how about we give laptops to those kids who are still impoverished even though they have water and food.
flamekebabAug 1, 2006
Why is there ALWAYS some fool who says this?These laptops aren't for the most desperate regions. They're for the regions where there's a reasonable food supply, housing, etc. but where education is in need of resources.There are shades of grey, you know, it's not like the whole of the UK is wealthy, for example.
Closed AccountAug 1, 2006
NOOOOOO!!!!!!!Damn Nigeria, now theres gonna be 1000's more scams on eBay.
harris2004Aug 1, 2006
Omg..Another 1 Million laptops will start another 1 million nigerian scammers.
Closed AccountAug 1, 2006
I totally support that! I heard it was bad to give books to children that don't know how to read to.
asciiansiAug 3, 2006
I just hope they get funneled down to the masses as intended. Not ending up on some government official's desk because its cheaper... Or sold for profit...