I guess Intel isn't familiar with the term "salting the mine." Or, in this
case, "salting the MIND."
I recall how the Las Vegas casino operators were initially fearful that if
the individual states allowed things like riverboat casinos, LV would pay
the price. Of course, it turned out just the opposite because the non-LV
gaming (NB: We are no longer allowed to call it "gambling.") joints served
as training grounds and farm teams. The gamblers out in the hinterland,
after learning something about how the tables and games worked, aspired to
try out their skills in the Major League environs, and LV prospered.
Expose a kid to the XO, and then ask, "How long before he/she aspires to a
bigger, faster device? One that might well be powered by an Intel chip."
-tj
On Jan 4, 2008 9:51 AM, Pamela McCorduck <pamela at well.com> wrote:
> Looks like Intel has bailed out of OLPC:
>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7171201.stm>
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>
>
> Le temps s'en va, le temps s'en va, ma Dame
> Las! le temps non, mais nous nous en allons.
>
> For time speeds onward, time speeds on, my lady
> Alas! it's we who must speed on, not time.
>
> Pierre de Ronsard
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