$100 Laptop: Great for the world, great for Linux (ZDNet) [LWN.net]

$100 Laptop: Great for the world, great for Linux (ZDNet)

Posted Feb 3, 2006 10:58 UTC (Fri) by irios (guest, #19838)
In reply to: $100 Laptop: Great for the world, great for Linux (ZDNet) by sbergman27
Parent article: $100 Laptop: Great for the world, great for Linux (ZDNet)

> I still run down to Barnes & Noble

I find astonishing the difficulty some have in finishing a sentence without a trademark in it. They don't go to a bookstore, they go to Barnes & Noble; they don't go have a coffee, they go to Starbucks; they never wear jeans, it's Levi's ...

Well, many people in the world cannot go to B&N (TM) and part with $50 to get something to help them through a boring weekend, then browse it for an hour over a $5 Frappuccino (R)

> what? Are publishers going to just start giving away PDF's?

Most likely not "Interview with the Vampire", "Splinter Cell", "The DaVinci Code", "The Dragonlance Chronicles" or other such wonders of modern literature, but:

* There already are THOUSANDS of titles with expired copyrights and offering FAR better literature (if one were to consider the previously mentioned titles to be literature)

* There WILL be school textbooks they will not have to buy or borrow, either written for free or commisioned by the government.

So these children may actually miss the B&N/Starbucks experience, but they could indeed enjoy the wider bookstore + coffee experience.

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$100 Laptop: Great for the world, great for Linux (ZDNet)

Posted Feb 3, 2006 13:37 UTC (Fri) by carcassonne (guest, #31569) [Link]

So these children may actually miss the BN/Starbucks experience, but they could indeed enjoy the wider bookstore + coffee experience

There's nothing like picking it fresh and roasting your own. That is, if their governements let them do that.

$100 Laptop: Great for the world, great for Linux (ZDNet)

Posted Feb 4, 2006 8:05 UTC (Sat) by sbergman27 (subscriber, #10767) [Link]

> I find astonishing the difficulty some have in finishing a sentence without a trademark in it.

It seems I hit a nerve with someone who has a personal nit with Barnes & Noble®.

(I find astonishing the difficulty some have in staying on topic and not turning every thread into a discussion of an item that happens to be on their own personal adgenda. But that's irrelevant here, isn't it? ;-)

At any rate, I don't see the relevance of a tirade against B&N with respect to my question as to whether the OLTPC initiative has a viable plan. The fact that they are using Linux(tm) allows the project to bypass many people's sanity filters. In a previous post, 'bk' chose the phrase 'pie in the sky' to describe the plan, and in my opinion that description is quite apt.

I remain skeptical.

I can't comment on B&N's coffee or coffee pricing as I've never been to the cafe' section.

$100 Laptop: Great for the world, great for Linux (ZDNet)

Posted Feb 9, 2006 14:07 UTC (Thu) by irios (guest, #19838) [Link]

I have nothing against B&N; as a matter of fact, as a spaniard living in Spain I have never been to it but once in San Francisco, and my feelings towards it are nothing but great admiration and envy.

Pls, read my whole response before biting back (then bite back if you so wish). It is NOT a tirade against B&N and I indeed mean it to be relevant respect to your question and in respect to the point of view from which it seems to have originated.