josef assad dvivfvsaowgmailcom brian foster wrote developing nation might better alternative list kind sounds like nations developers might become get free laptops yup developing nation olpc site uses point noted potential confusion ah terminology terminology less developed countries ldc short common nowadays matter time morphs developmentally challenged countries case done years field work ict4d around floss still fail understand ldcs might need computing technology fundamentally different rest world used ive argued many times elegant solution would supporting local market mechanisms refurbishment resale older hardware theres good amount people afford new computers given ldcs keeping hardware operation first owner regards obsolete far effective going inventing whole new way use computers bah hope didnt go offtopic sorry thu 07 aug 2008 092443 0200 ilug olpc third world asus eee pc