For every bug on Launchpad, 67 iPads are sold

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by fachoper • 14 years ago

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Centigonal• 14 years ago

Education is so broken. Just. So. Broken.

They're buying iPads instead of expanding/building new schools when buildings meant to hold 1.6k people now serve well over 2,000.

That's just the start of it. Over-saturated schools make it almost impossible for students who need more attention to get it and limit opportunities for people who can take them. The result is more people slipping through the cracks and more talent snubbed.

Harrumph!

dantiberian• 14 years ago

If you read the linked pages you can see that the the Edubuntu project is targeting to ship Edubuntu on the Zatab. The retail price for these is $349 presently. An iPad 2 can be bought for $399.

While I understand the reasons why free software is important, I think that in this case an iPad 2 provides far more than $50 extra value over a generic tablet.

The comparison in the title doesn't make any sense either. Bugs in one product : Sales of another product is meaningless.

For every bug on Launchpad, 67 iPads are sold

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