[ossig] malaysian distros - embun

[Jaya Kumar]

On 5/7/07, Colin Charles <byte at aeon.com.my> wrote:
> On 07/05/07 Raja Iskandar Shah wrote:
> > imho, i would agree with going with one's own branding. edu-buntu in
> > malay connotes educationally challenged (buntu pendidikan). embun is
>
> oh oh, it might be "pedagogically suspicious"
>
> (first person to get that reference correct, wins either a beer or the

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/26/india_says_no_to_olpc/

The Indian Ministry of Education dismissed the laptop as
"pedagogically suspect". Education Secretary Sudeep Banerjee said: "We
cannot visualise a situation for decades when we can go beyone the
pilot stage. We need classrooms and teachers more urgently than fancy
tools."

I'll take the beer. ;)

Regards,
jaya

> equivalent teh tarik+nasi kandar combo, somewhere in bangsar, the next
> time i'm around malaysian shores)
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