[geeks] $100 One Laptop Per Child - grist for the mill

[Mike Meredith]

On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 22:12:46 +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> It's not the U.N. that does this. It's often NGOs (non governemtal
> organisations) such as CARE, many of the Christian charities, etc.

Actually I was pretty sure than the UN does this, although it hardly
matters much ... the point was that local food is sometimes
(frequently?) available during a famine, just priced out of the reach of
those who are starving.

> To be exact it was Kenya.

That rings a bell. I must get a copy of Bryson's book.

> > (Not that the OLTP was mentioned at any time during the report)
> 
> What is an OLTP?

Oops. OLTP should be OLPC ... my hangover has turned into a vicious
cold (I was wondering why the hangover was lasting so long). You would
believe how much use I'm making of the spellchecker :(

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