Support Forums: Message List - Javalobby puts up money to port Java to OLPC http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:16:50 -0400 Re: Always seeing glass half empty http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47195 It's almost amusing how much whining there is about "evil plans" by western capitalists to train and then exploit work force, when all that is being done is to provide goods that people in Africa would gladly have. This based on observing how...]]> Sat, 20 Oct 2007 06:09:18 -0400 Sat, 20 Oct 2007 06:09:18 -0400 Sat, 20 Oct 2007 06:09:18 -0400 Oct 20, 2007 Paul Beckford 0 Always seeing glass half empty http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47195 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:23:38 -0400 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:23:38 -0400 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:23:38 -0400 Oct 17, 2007 Tatu Saloranta 1 Re: Que? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47195 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:04:20 -0400 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:04:20 -0400 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:04:20 -0400 Oct 15, 2007 Paul Beckford 2 Re: Que? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47195 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:03:48 -0400 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:03:48 -0400 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:03:48 -0400 Oct 15, 2007 bob smith 3 Re: Que? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47195
And thus there's no need for Java (or indeed any programming language) on the machines.
If they're supposed to be glorified eBook readers with some text processing capabilities (nothing wrong with that, I think you'll find that the...]]> Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:04:45 -0400 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:04:45 -0400 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:04:45 -0400 Oct 12, 2007 Paul Beckford 4 Re: Que? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47195
Hi Bob,

Check the detail. The main purpose of the Laptop is Education not IT skills training. One of the goals is to promote the use of e-books. Given the mass availability of OLTPC then an e-book is much more readilly distrubuted...]]> Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:15:11 -0400 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:15:11 -0400 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:15:11 -0400 Oct 12, 2007 Jeroen Wenting 5 If you're gonna run J2EE server, maybe... http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47195 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:32:29 -0400 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:32:29 -0400 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:32:29 -0400 Oct 12, 2007 Denis Baranov 0 Re: Que? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47195

Hi Bob,

Check the detail. The main purpose of the Laptop is Education not IT skills training. One of the goals is to promote the use of e-books. Given the mass availability of OLTPC then an e-book is much more readilly...]]> Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:20:45 -0400 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:20:45 -0400 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:20:45 -0400 Oct 11, 2007 Paul Beckford 0 Re: Que? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47195
Hi Bob,

Check the detail. The main purpose of the Laptop is Education not IT skills training. One of the goals is to promote the use of e-books. Given the mass availability of OLTPC then an e-book is much more readilly distrubuted...]]> Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:54:26 -0400 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:54:26 -0400 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:54:26 -0400 Oct 11, 2007 Roy Russo 1 Re: Java on top of a 128MB RAM system http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47195 Won't be a pretty sight.
+1 Yep! Paul.]]> Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:47:45 -0400 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:47:45 -0400 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:47:45 -0400 Oct 11, 2007 Paul Beckford 0 Re: Que? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47195 Phew - there was I cynically thinking the idea of a laptop for every kid in the developing/under developed world was to increase growth and profits for companies in the long term - 'buy into our way - you'll like it, honest!' - when actually...]]> Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:40:35 -0400 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:40:35 -0400 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:40:35 -0400 Oct 11, 2007 Paul Beckford 8 Re: Que? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47195 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:11:24 -0400 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:11:24 -0400 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:11:24 -0400 Oct 11, 2007 Jin Chun 0 Re: Que? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47195 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:37:35 -0400 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:37:35 -0400 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:37:35 -0400 Oct 11, 2007 bob smith 10 Java on top of a 128MB RAM system http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47195 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:39:33 -0400 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:39:33 -0400 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:39:33 -0400 Oct 11, 2007 Dimitris Menounos 2 Re: Que? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47195
Agreed, but I think that food distribution and weapons are a more effective means of tackling the world poverty problem.
Thats just me. What do I know? ;-)...]]> Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:53:11 -0400 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:53:11 -0400 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:53:11 -0400 Oct 11, 2007 Vusa Dube 11