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Dynabook for $100?
"I have a dream" Unfortunately like Martin Luther King, Alan Kay's Dynabook is nothing more at this time.I wish it wasn't so but like socialism it requires a level of cooperation at so many levels that in a capitalist society where profit is the bottom line and competition is the rule not the exception, it will not see the light of day. At least not in our lifetime. The Dynabook is the Holy Grail of the Open Source Community requiring not just the software but hardware and firmware as well. May the gods be willing.
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Dynabook for $100?  Mike062 | 11/10/08
Well, if we can cooperate on something as huge as the Linux kernel, I see  DonnieBoy | 11/10/08
Faulty assumptions  CobraA1 | 11/10/08
Stupid, Stupid, Stupid, Stupid, All of It!  Seamus O'Brog | 11/10/08
Stupid?  CobraA1 | 11/10/08
Huzzah  rick@... | 02/11/09
You're missing the point  bert_f | 11/10/08
An Android-based Dynabook...  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 11/10/08
Extremely good point. We need to get these into the hands of children, THEN  DonnieBoy | 11/10/08
No, Bad Point.  Seamus O'Brog | 11/10/08
You could have said the same thing about operating systems too, but, Linux  DonnieBoy | 11/10/08
Call us...  gypkap@... | 11/10/08
What number do you want to be called at?  914four | 11/11/08
you forget one thing  bohnsack | 11/10/08
Battery life shhouldn't be an issue  rolnmrbl@... | 11/10/08
Re: you forget one thing  tschroeder | 11/10/08
Your Economics are Backwards  celderkin@... | 11/10/08
The governments of the world have a history of supporting education. Why  DonnieBoy | 11/10/08
Another point: back problems  Q'sDad | 11/10/08
RE: Get the government involved?  Brian G | 11/10/08
This does not have to be a government project, though it would be good for  DonnieBoy | 11/10/08
Tell your buddy, John McCain-  unclefixer@... | 11/10/08
Good points. The governent SHOULD be involved in projects to improve  DonnieBoy | 11/10/08
How much can they really reduce costs?  CobraA1 | 11/10/08
I do not buy that there is no way to make education cheaper or better.  DonnieBoy | 11/10/08
RE: Can we finally realize Alan Kay's Dynabook for $100?  fromthehip | 11/10/08
RE: Can we finally realize Alan Kay's Dynabook for $100?  unclefixer@... | 11/10/08
RE: Can we finally realize Alan Kay's Dynabook for $100?  alun.rosser@... | 11/10/08
Good points you make! But, I would still love to see a device that sells at  DonnieBoy | 11/10/08
Alan Kay's projected price point in 1968  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 11/10/08
I think $100 is feasible.  CobraA1 | 11/10/08
Someone needs to go to jail  masonwheeler | 11/10/08
There may be some problems  jsargent | 11/10/08
Not nearly as much as an issue as deforestation  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 11/11/08
Kindle for the slow  mswift@... | 11/13/08
RE: Can we finally realize Alan Kay's Dynabook for $100?  JustTheFacts | 11/15/08
RE: Can we finally realize Alan Kay's Dynabook for $100?  Sy_z | 12/15/08

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