Monday, October 30, 2006
$100 Laptops
Would people in poor countries buy $100 laptops out of their own money?Some of them would. And if the goal is to get the computers into their hands, then no government program is needed other than to abolish government-imposed trade barriers. Many people in those poor countries -- the vast majority, I suspect -- would not be willing to spend even close to $100 on laptop. What that means is that they would prefer to spend $100 on other items -- food, iodine pills for water, DDT to protect them from malaria, basic generic drugs, maybe even a sewing machine
This article bothered me a bit, I don's see the point of offering people in these poor countries laptops for $100. For some reason I dont think they are too worried about keeping up with the latest technology. Instead of spending money to create such an inexpensive laptop, they should think to use the money to build housing, to donate food or even clothing. Theres so many other things that can be done for these people that will be much more useful.
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I agree with you completly.
If you check the UNICEF you will find out that One hundred dollars can go a long way to bring a child food, meds, and schooling. I belive that computers should not be the main goal there. After all what go is a computer when you're hungry, sick, or can't read. And how are they going to run these computers, on air.. ?
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If you check the UNICEF you will find out that One hundred dollars can go a long way to bring a child food, meds, and schooling. I belive that computers should not be the main goal there. After all what go is a computer when you're hungry, sick, or can't read. And how are they going to run these computers, on air.. ?
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