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Dec 11, 2007, 19:00 (8 Talkback[s])
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"Now US journalist John Dvorak has weighed into the debate, dismissing the laptop as a 'little green computer' that changes nothing, and arguing that sending food aid to Africa is a better way to solve the continent's problems.

"Dvorak is so wrong that it pains me.

"He misrepresents both the laptop's capabilities and the plans for how it will be used..."

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