Thursday, November 30, 2006

For $150, Third-World Laptop Stirs a Big Debate - New York Times

The debate continues 

The detractors include two computer industry giants, Intel and Microsoft, pushing alternative approaches. Intel has developed a $400 laptop aimed at schools as well as an education program that focuses on teachers instead of students. And Bill Gates, Microsoft’s chairman and a leading philanthropist for the third world, has questioned whether the concept is “just taking what we do in the rich world” and assuming that that is something good for the developing world, too.

Source: For $150, Third-World Laptop Stirs a Big Debate - New York Times

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