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

Sat Nov 18 23:56:13 CST 2006

On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 07:14:44PM -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> > Imagine what the equivalent of a copy of any of the ROM encyclopedia
> > and project Gutenberg, especially if they were in the local language
> > would do, even if it were available for only 4 hours a day.
> 
> One printed copy would be available 24 hours a day.  And by day, they
> wouldn't even need any power to read it.

How big would that be? A dead tree library costs a lot of money to buy
the books, ship them, store them and make them available. They also have
the temptation to be used for fuel.

Geoff.
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