"M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb / cesmail.net> writes: > Joshua Cearley wrote: >> There's also the eeePC by Asus and the Nokia N800 if you want some >> linux minicomputers. I don't think they make the Zaurus devices for >> linux anymore so you have to get them off of eBay. > > I have a Zaurus 6000, but I haven't gotten a chance to try the > open-source tools on it yet. Most of those are for the 5500, and I'm > not sure how compatible they are or how active the developer community > is. Sharp intended the 6000 for OEMs, not end users. They dropped > end-user support literally hours after I got mine. Thanks for > reminding me -- I should go see what's available for it. > >> >> OLPC feels kind of imposing to me. I'm too afraid to rationalize >> this because people would probably call me a cold, cold >> person. (Hint: Has to do with US schools sucking). > > I'd refrain from saying snotty things about the US school system on > public mailing lists if I were you. Stuff posted on the Internet lives > forever, and you just never know when you'll be in a job interview > with someone who's married to someone who has devoted his or her life > to the US school system. Hmmm. That's not strictly true. Reading the list through Gmane, I never saw the original message, so maybe he's using X-No-Archive or friends. So what does OLPC have to do with US schools? I have serious doubts that we'll ever see them deployed here. Steve