Walter leaving and shift to XP.

[Mitch Bradley]

I know quite a few children in the US who benefit from laptops running a 
proprietary stack.

Web access is the core capability that transforms the computer from a 
convenience to a near necessity.

Before the web, most people in developed countries had computers at work 
for doing "Office"
stuff, but only a fraction of households had them.

"activities" will hold children's attention for some time, but in the 
long term, the desire to
access all of the world's information will persist long after the 
activities become boring.

Suppose, as a thought experiment, that someone were to propose giving 
every child in the world
a device that could do nothing but access the web.  Would you consider 
that a positive
educational step?

I would.