I’ve heard of this. It’s a great idea, I think. These laptops are durable, light, and inexpensive compared to market. I’m curious to see what effect this will have in the North American market place, as they neither use Windows nor the Intel chip.

Don’t get me wrong. I like this project but I’m not sure about the “window” to the rest of the world. Personally I will like new generations to be less Microsoft dependent. I hated when I knew that Microsoft was part of this project.

If this window refers to the Internet, yes, it is good but needs guidance. For instance: In La Paz – Bolivia, despite you can find a Internet Cafes every two blocks and the internet is even cheaper than in Canada. people are not really well informed. People consume more junk than anything else.

Although this project will help people to jump out of the ignorance for the modern world. giving computers is just one thing to do. Knowledge doesn’t come in a box. as a friend said “The best guitar doesn’t come with a hand”.

I’ve known about this for a while now, and been following up on the progress. If it continues in it’s apparent good fortune, and IF it can be realistically implemented on a large scale, this idea has the POTENTIAL to do wonders.

As Fernando said, it’s not the solution to the world’s problems, and there’s the issue of further cementing our dependence on technology giants. Having said that, the fact that one part of the world is taking these developments and running with them, leaving the vast majority of the world behind, means that every bit helps decrease the gap.

There has to be huge investments in education to support the impacts of such a project. This takes political will and resources, which are rarely present together in the same place today!

All in all though, I think this is a great way to at least give some of the next generation a chance to build a better life for themselves than what their parents may have had. In this case, it doesn’t take much at all for a mole-hill to turn into a mountain!