Re: [Marxism] One Laptop per Child

["Sayan Bhattacharyya" <ok.president+marxmail@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/12/07, Jesse Jack <jjack99645@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Doesn't it seem kind of backward for a person to own a car and not own a
> home? Now we're trying to go to Africa and tell people who don't have
> running water that they need computers and e-mail.

It's not that *everyone* in each village needs computers and email,
but a community computer and email (which everyone can use) can
definitely be very useful.

Also, computer prices will keep falling...and falling (consequence of
Moore's law).

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