September 2008 – Page 5 – DECISION STATS

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A Laptop for A Child for Christmas

I recently won some 250 $ for contributor of the month at www.analyticbridge.com. Since I enjoy doing that ,contributing to analytics communities – it was hardly work for me. So I decided to donate 200 $ to One Laptop per Child. It is based on the concept (my opinion) that if you give someone a fish, he will eat for a day , if you teach someone how to fish , they will eat for a lifetime. Here are the official words from them.

five core principles—

Child Ownership: I wear my XO like my pair of shoes.

Low Ages: I have good XO shoes for a long walk.

Saturation: A healthy education is a vaccination, it reaches everybody and protects from ignorance and intolerance.

Connection: When we talk together we stay together.

Free and Open Source: Give me a free and open environment and I will learn and teach with joy.

10 Sep 2008

Dear AJAY,

Thank you for your contribution of $200.00 to the One Laptop per Child
Foundation. Further we confirm that no tangible benefits were received by you,
the donor, in exchange for the gift referenced above.

The mission of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) movement is to ensure that every
school-aged child in the lesser-developed parts of the world is able to engage
effectively with their own personal laptop, networked to the world, so that
they, their families and their communities can openly collaborate as they learn
and learn about learning together.

The OLPC Foundation is focused on enhancing and sustaining learning among those
children, their families and communities in lesser developed communities by
ensuring rich, diverse and open access to innovative learning materials and by
encouraging interactive learning, communication and exploration with their XO
laptops. For this purpose the Foundation provides grants and other support for
the development and use of collaborative learning resources and other
initiatives that enrich childrenâ€™s learning and learning about learning. We
will also provide support the purchase of laptops for children.

Your contribution will help us move forward with these important programs for
children. Please tell your friends and colleagues about the One Laptop per
Child program (www.laptop.org) and encourage them also to support our mission.

Sincerely,

Robert D. Fadel
Treasurer,
One Laptop per Child Foundation

How many children are you going to teach computers this Christmas ? ? ?

Dude , Wheres my software ?

Here is the reason why .

It would take an average Indian 26 months to buy a software worth 6000 USD (Assuming he didnot spend any money on anything else) while it takes the average UK citizen only 2 months.

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But why Sweden ……see post here on a Swedish Website

Here is a list of countries by per capita GDP in terms of purchasing power parity

(or how much they make on an year).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita

Country Analysis Graphics:Many Eyes

The site www.many-eyes.com has an interesting way to share data sets, and offer free visualization options to researchers world wide. Have a look and visit the site if you are doing any country analysis research.