So what to do? Let's give these kids these little green computers. That will do it! That will solve the poverty problem and everything else, for that matter. Does anyone but me see this as an insulting "let them eat cake" sort of message to the world's poor?

"Sir, our village has no water!" "Jenkins, get these people some glassware!"

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For once... securityguru (68.119.201.xxx) 2007-12-06 16:58:31 Over the years I've come to the opinion that John Dvorak is often just an angry bitter pot-stirring journalist. On this issue however, I think he's more or less on the money. There's so much spin and politics behind the OLPC at this point, it begs the question...Why couldn't this level of concerted effort be applied to things like water, food, and basic sanitation. Our priorities are woefully backward here. Reply | Quote 0   0

Why not technology? Maddie (96.234.181.xxx) 2007-12-13 22:42:28 One - the XO is NOT designed for children in refugee camps Two - the governments involved decide if they want to buy it or not Three - you are free to send your poverty reduction money to any charity you want, there's plenty of them. OLPC is just one of many doing poverty related work, I'm sure you can find one working on water, food, sanitation or healthcare. Reply | Quote 0   0

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