From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:56:54 -0500 From: Kurt H Maier To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <20121123035654.GA20389@intma.in> References: <20121122195516.GA15293@intma.in> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [9fans] c++ Topicbox-Message-UUID: e448eeae-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 05:31:52AM +0200, lucio@proxima.alt.za wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 07:47:07PM +0200, lucio@proxima.alt.za wrote: > >> > a computer is a multiple purpose device, not an education. > >> > >> Prove it. > >> > > > > Have you even contacted IAEP or one of the dozens of OLPC working groups > > in your area? > > Sounds more like an accusation than a response. What I choose to do > with a general-purpose tool (your argument) is to use it for > education. Show me how your argument invalidates my objectives. There was a typo in my message. The word "even" should have read "ever." I love your instant defensive whining, however, as well as your misattribution of the other email. So far, you're the only proven general-purpose tool here. > As for your issue with suppliers of computing resources, there are > political dynamics in place around me that render the question moot. > Plus, I don't want to get involved in conventional teaching (C++, > Java, Windows, etc.) and that closes quite a few doors. This is frankly bizarre, since IAEP and OLPC aren't in the business of peddling C++, Java, or Windows. I apologize for misinterpreting your message as anything but another attempt to climb to some rhetorical moral high ground; I thought you were interested in using computers to further education in underserved areas. I withdraw my interest, and apologize for attempting to point out relevant efforts in the areas you claim to espouse. My bad. Carry on.