"Hans-Georg Michna" <hans-georgNoEmailPlease@michna.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 07:03:33 +0100, Mac wrote:
>
>>Not usually a Gates basher, but this really sucks!
>>
>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programme...ne/default.stm
>>
>>Like he's never heard of XO...
>>
>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6679431.stm
>>
>>Actually had to hit the off button...
>
> The XO project is highly questionable. It may never be a
> success.
>
> Gates has more realistic views, and he actually does something
> useful. One of the schools in my vicinity here in Germany has
> been equipped by his foundation, and that's an immediate
> success, for which the students are clearly grateful.
>
> If you ship $100 computers into developing countries, they will
> predictably not fulfill most of their promises, for a whole
> range of reasons. http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL19821905.html