Comments on: Open source in schools could save the taxpayer billions http://remarkk.com/2008/03/05/open-source-in-schools-could-save-the-taxpayer-billions/ OPEN creative communities Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:40:08 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Goran Matic http://remarkk.com/2008/03/05/open-source-in-schools-could-save-the-taxpayer-billions/comment-page-1/#comment-106635 Goran Matic Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:16:16 +0000 http://remarkk.com/2008/03/05/open-source-in-schools-could-save-the-taxpayer-billions/#comment-106635 Yeah - this is quite key, i think; connecting to the previous risks Pedro was talking about, we can indeed not only benefit from ubiquitous access, but also really need to enable broad inclusion; An inexpensive laptop that anyone can afford seems like a great initiative. Of course, what makes that possible is scale - we can indeed leverage what's good about capitalism for humanistic purposes, if we only use our creativity! Yeah – this is quite key, i think; connecting to the previous risks Pedro was talking about, we can indeed not only benefit from ubiquitous access, but also really need to enable broad inclusion;

An inexpensive laptop that anyone can afford seems like a great initiative.

Of course, what makes that possible is scale – we can indeed leverage what’s good about capitalism for humanistic purposes, if we only use our creativity!

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