En Fri, 09 Mar 2007 16:10:51 -0300, Tim Bradshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:
> On 2007-03-09 07:00:06 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Martelli) said: >> (nee "One Laptop Per Child", OLPC, and once known as the "$100 laptop") >> uses Python as its preferred (only?-) application language, and it's >> slated to be the most widely distributed Python distro if it hits even >> half of its ambitious target-numbers... > But it won't get anywhere near that because it's a stupid an > ill-conceived idea (not because of Python, note!). The electronic > gadget people need in the developing world is a mobile phone not a > computer. What for? That requires a phone company, installed antennas everywhere, and available power to charge batteries. Without forgetting you to pay the bill, of course. I don't think OLPC would actually help people so much, but a mobile phone would be almost useless. Like it was -actually happened- donating nice computers for use in remote elementary schools with no power source. -- Gabriel Genellina -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
