[SLL] Great day for linux OLPC

[Bill Campbell]

On Tue, Jan 02, 2007, Jerry Horvath wrote:
>One Laptop per child has been launched.
>
>"In fact, one of the saddest but most common conditions in elementary
>school computer labs (when they exist in the developing world), is the
>children are being trained to use Word, Excel and PowerPoint," Mr
>Negroponte said.
>
>"I consider that criminal, because children should be making things,
>communicating, exploring, sharing, not running office automation
>tools."

Agreed!  Having a computer on a student's desk is a sure way to
insure that the student isn't paying attention to the teacher.

I find it difficult to concentrate on a conversation if I have a
computer in front of me, and often have to get away from my desk
so I can concentrate on a phone call.

Bill
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