OLPC hopes

One would think that the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) distribution of laptops in poor countries shouldn’t be a priority among vaccination and basic resources needs. But maybe motivation should? Gentoo developer dsd got to deliver the first shipping to Ethiopia and tells:

(…)Later in their journey, still before reaching the school, they find a child under a tree using his XO. Unlike all the other kids, he’s not at all excited about their presence, or them taking photos, and has no interest in seeing those photos on the camera display. He’s glued to his XO screen. They peer around to see what is draining all his attention, and they see the child looking through the Nature images bundle. This kid is fascinated by photos of the Eiffel tower, space shuttles, etc. His horizons just exploded…