[Ldsoss] One Laptop Per Child

[Mac Newbold]

Yesterday at 9:55pm, Thomas Haws said:

> I'm sure if the church offered to buy a million, OLPC would sell.  Do you
> think the LDS Foundation or the church could do that?  They won't be
> shipping for another year.

In short, anyone that wants to come up with $100 Million can buy a million 
little laptops and do whatever they want with them, and distribute them 
however they want.

Perhaps these laptops would have a use as part of the Perpetual Education 
Fund program - I'm sure there are people for whom a computer would be a 
huge educational opportunity that could help break the cycle of poverty. 
That may be cramped however if these laptops aren't similar enough to 
"normal" computers, since a significant amount of learning and practice 
with these wouldn't carry over to the "real world" of computers.

Mac

> On 1/5/07, Jesse Stay <jesse at thestays.org> wrote:
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>> I wonder if the Church could help with these laptops.  If a religious
>> organization were to purchase some and hand them out I wonder if they
>> would be more likely to get to their intended destinations with
>> appropriate training.  Are they selling these only to governmental
>> organizations or have they approached charitable ones as well?
>> 
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