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Author:  earthbound [ Apr 11th, '14, 13:27 ]
Post subject:  Wow or Flop

I saw a link to this thing that initially made me think WTF, that sounds brilliant, how the hell do they do it...?

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KEEPOD UNITE
Keepod, a new approach to bridge the Digital Divide and provide Personal Computing to 5 Billion people all over the World.

5 billion people, 70% of the world’s population, are still without access to personal computing. Be a part of the team who set out to bridge the digital divide. Your contribution to this campaign will help provide personal computing that will empower existing projects in the fields of education, HIV prevention, agriculture and human rights in the Mathare slums of Nairobi, Kenya.


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Wow a computer the size of a thumb drive? That's brilliant, how the hell did they do it?

Except once you look into it, you still need the computer as well... Isn't this just another linux distro package on a thumb drive? Aren't there dozens of these already? :dontknow:

Author:  blind freddie [ Apr 11th, '14, 18:18 ]
Post subject:  Re: Wow or Flop

yes this will be great for those poor kids that live on rubbish dumps around the world, They will no doubt start finding a few of them down the track. :?

Author:  Yavimaya [ Apr 11th, '14, 20:59 ]
Post subject:  Re: Wow or Flop

yea it seems like another do gooder thing that wont work.
Its like they think microsofts domination and high prices are what is stopping these people from affording a computer, not the fact that they cant afford food.
If these people did manage to get thier hands on a computer, its highly unlikely that they bought it new from a shop and paid anything for the operating system.

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