[OLPC-Chicago] The Children's Low-Cost Laptop Act - Contact your Illinois Legislators NOW!!!

[sheila miguez]

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 12:49 AM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
[snip]
>  As usual, the Devil is in the details. This says nothing about how to
>  choose the laptops. Will the authorities decide to buy as much
>  hardware as they can for $400 per unit? Or will they understand that
>  the XO hardware and software are designed for the mission? Of course,
>  they could buy every child a 1G or 2G thumb drive, on some scientific
>  instruments, or something. Do they even know that this is possible? Is
>  it possible under the terms of the bill?
>
>  Furthermore the bill explicitly provides incorrect criteria for
>  evaluating the project.
[snip]

I share your reservations in how this initiative should be
implemented. I don't want to get something passed into law that is
this flawed. How likely is it that a group of us could change the bill
before it passes (or gets rejected)?



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sheila