Laptops, not mobile phones, are the means to liberate the developing world
I believe that the world's poor will derive lasting, meaningful benefit from widespread access to technology and networks. And I believe that laptop computers will eventually find their way into the hands of practically every child in the developing world
the OLPC vision is to deliver to children in the developing world the capacity to play and work together to produce tools and networks and communities at the lowest possible cost,
Poverty and oppression thrive in situations where people can't communicate cheaply and widely with one another about corruption, injustice and violence
avoid centralised control and vulnerability to bad weather and bad governments
It is designed to be nearly free from operating costs
the internet is where you live
It's a break from the centuries-old model of development and aid
the OLPC may falter and vanish
clipped from: www.guardian.co.uk 