[Ldsoss] One Laptop Per Child

[John Harrison]

So did the cheese say "not for sale" in English or in Spanish?

On 1/5/07, m h <sesquile at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/5/07, Steven H. McCown <steven.mccown at gmail.com> wrote:
> snip/snip
> >
> > Their intent was to not emulate the file folder motif or the 'learn
> > commercial office products' paradigm, so it's a bit different.
> >
> >
> > When I lived in Chile someone invited me to dinner and was proud to serve me
> > American Cheese.  I asked them where they got it and they said that the
> > government (Chilean) was selling it at a good price.  Reading the package, I
> > read something to the effect of 'Provided by the People of the United
> > States' and (I quote) "not for sale".  Given that single data point (you'll
> > probably have others) it will be interesting to see how this laptop is
> > delivered to the people it's intended to serve.
> >
>
> I'm not sure I get your point.  Are you saying that the interface
> should be the same as "grown up" computers?  Or are you saying that if
> you were traveling through Africa you wouldn't stoop down low enough
> to use said computer created by "Americans"?
>
> -matt
>
> disclaimer - I haven't tried out sugar, I've only seen screencasts
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