5 Aug
2008
5 Aug
'08
9:01 a.m.
If the MIT group wants to get a machine into the hands
of people ASAP,
then they can go with a proven design. I think they just need to get the
people who know together.
I can think of two reasons why they went with the Apple II. The most
obvious is from the article, and that is that it is what they were familiar
with. The other is that the Apple II can take expansion cards, though I
doubt this was a deciding factor.
The problem I see if getting licensing for all the
software. But if they
can pull it off they will have a $12 computer with a ton of software
From reading the article it sounds like they are
largely looking for new
software, which if you think about it makes sense, as
English software
probably won't be of a lot of use in *rural* India.
Now my question is this, will they be available in the US? :^)
Zane