
By Jo Best
Published: Tuesday 15 November 2005
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Name
Ben Ames
Location
US
Occupation
Phone monkey
Comment
Well, how long before they throw those things into the trash because they can't figure out how to fix simple problems because linux is too complex for beginners.
The Mac OS may not be open source, but it's a lot easier to use, and that's the whole point of this program is to get underdeveloped countries up to speed on technology, so the first thing you shouldn't do is shoot them in the foot.
not only cheap ,it also has to be withstand long w...
chan keng yik
Unbelievable. They turn down the best OS in the wo...
Anonymous
These guys are just LINUX bigots. Or they are unaw...
thomas Barta
Well, how long before they throw those things into...
Ben Ames
A laptop and an OS is a great idea....
but what w...
Finder
It is all politics.
You will see the 100 dollar...
David van Deinse
So I guess every child in the world is destined to...
Jason
Yes! that is B coz they don't want to rob the kids...
poorkid
Didn't Apple ought to offer a few dollars per mach...
Duncan Latimer
The potential of millions of these things being di...
Anonymous
Idiot.
MacOSX is built on top of the open sourc...
Dave Edwards
Worthy though this endeavour might be, I can't hel...
Water Aid
This is from the MIT MEDIA LAB @
http://laptop.m...
John Browning
Don't fret do something about it. Sign a petition...
Anonymous
For those who want to see Macs in the hands of chi...
Anonymous
So what are they supposed to do Install Windows or...
Linux USer
So it's not for sale - only another NGO handout. H...
Anonymous
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