The $10 laptop (or what if computers were nearly free?)
Posted By Rob Millard - 0 Comments -
Is the age of portable computers about to take another quantum leap? Somewhat upstaging the XO-1 / $100 laptop project sponsored by the One Laptop per Child project, developers in India have now announced a new laptop called Sakshat that they are determined will cost no more than 500 rupees or ..... US$10 / £7 each!!!
Aimed at providing e-learning to those that fall outside the formal education systems in India and also Africa (see here,) the computers have 2GB of RAM and wireless capabilities.
Imagine a world where computers, and knowledge, and the means to transmit that knowledge across the world safely and in large quantities, is "nearly free ...." It seems that world is no longer decades away but, just perhaps, almost upon us.
How will this influence your clients; your practice; your firm?
Imagine a world where children in the far-most flung corners of Africa and Asia are able to grow up computer literate and at least reasonably-well educated.
How will that influence supply and demand for knowledge workers across the world?
We live in truly fascinating times!!!
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