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:If they are open to having a page on the broader issue of "low cost computers," (rather than just the recently renamed ''Children's Machine'') then you're right, that would be a better place to do it. Do you want to ask them? --[[User:Singkong2005|Singkong2005]] · <small>[[User talk:Singkong2005|talk]]</small> 16:40, 24 October 2006 (PDT) | :If they are open to having a page on the broader issue of "low cost computers," (rather than just the recently renamed ''Children's Machine'') then you're right, that would be a better place to do it. Do you want to ask them? --[[User:Singkong2005|Singkong2005]] · <small>[[User talk:Singkong2005|talk]]</small> 16:40, 24 October 2006 (PDT) | ||
::On further reflection, I agree. Once I got a better understanding that the Children's Machine was a defeatured machine, then I realized it was addressing a different problem. One interesting thought is, what happens to the market when the defeatured machine comes out? If we are all really web-based (Microsoft's worst fear) maybe PC's go away? After all, my critical applications are now google, MediaWiki and gmail. Hmm. But that's a topic for a different place and time. --[[User:Curtbeckmann|CurtB]] 17:00, 24 October 2006 (PDT) | |||
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Revision as of 00:00, 25 October 2006
Link Changes
- Changed some software links to Wikipedia references. Is it better to leave them as Appropedia links and create pages that link to the Wikipedia reference?
- --Kinzer 12:46, 6 September 2006 (PDT)
- Thanks! Re leaving them as Appropedia links - no, definitely better as you've done it. --Singkong2005 talk 01:21, 7 September 2006 (PDT)
competing with wiki.laptop.org?
I added a link to the OLPC (one laptop per child) site, where they have an entire wiki dedicated to this question. Is it meaningful to also have an effort here? --CurtB 18:35, 21 October 2006 (PDT)
- If they are open to having a page on the broader issue of "low cost computers," (rather than just the recently renamed Children's Machine) then you're right, that would be a better place to do it. Do you want to ask them? --Singkong2005 · talk 16:40, 24 October 2006 (PDT)
- On further reflection, I agree. Once I got a better understanding that the Children's Machine was a defeatured machine, then I realized it was addressing a different problem. One interesting thought is, what happens to the market when the defeatured machine comes out? If we are all really web-based (Microsoft's worst fear) maybe PC's go away? After all, my critical applications are now google, MediaWiki and gmail. Hmm. But that's a topic for a different place and time. --CurtB 17:00, 24 October 2006 (PDT)
Link or Wikipedia template?
Re Curt's question in the edit summary (October 24, 2006):
- fixed more "$100 laptop" links. Add Wikipedia template for that?
If there's a paragraph or more on a topic like this, the {{wikipedia p}} template is good. Otherwise, I think an inline link as in the present article might be better. --Singkong2005 · talk 16:40, 24 October 2006 (PDT)