You go to developing countries today and you'll find automobiles that you haven't seen since you're childhood and that's because they really are valuable, they're taken care of, they're repaired, and when something breaks, they just don't buy a new one, they actually fix it.
Nicholas NegroponteTo compare books to computers, I mean, computers are the way to get books. That is the medium for distributing text because it doesn't require paper.
Nicholas NegroponteProgramming allows you to think about thinking, and while debugging you learn learning.
Nicholas NegroponteLinux is its own worst enemy: it's splintered, it has different distributions, it's too complex to run for most people.
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