[ossig] malaysian distros - embun
Colin Charles
byte at aeon.com.my
Sat May 12 15:15:01 MYT 2007
Jaya Kumar 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."
Rocking :) Knew it would probably be you that got it right
> I'll take the beer. ;)
I thought you were a teetotaler
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