Walter leaving and shift to XP.

[Walter Bender]

I am not sure what you are driving at Mitch: web browsers are
available to fundamentalists of both camps. Are you suggesting that a
proprietary browser will reach more children more quickly?

-walter

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 8:28 PM, Mitch Bradley <wmb at laptop.org> wrote:
>
>  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.
>
>
>
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