[geeks] $100 One Laptop Per Child - grist for the mill
    Phil Stracchino 
    phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net
       
    Sat Nov 18 18:14:44 CST 2006
    
    
  
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> Imagine what the equivalent of a copy of any of the ROM encyclopedia
> and project Gutenberg, especially if they were in the local language
> would do, even if it were available for only 4 hours a day.
One printed copy would be available 24 hours a day.  And by day, they
wouldn't even need any power to read it.
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