Talk:Software Ideas

A version of Touch Typing software to teach these kids to touch type, the faster you can work with a keyboard whatever age you are then the faster you can get on with solving the worlds problems and letting the world know about your solutions... ' eg unjustified government spending on military budgets that will eventully only lead to one thing, more War to justify more spending etc..."

And does someone not need to make clearer in your marketing for support of this project that it does not have to be the same person who turns the crank as types at the keyboard, that there is a shortage of electricity in developing nations not hands to turn cranks?

security

Q: Is anyone giving consideration to the kinds of bad things that can happen to the laptop when immersed in an open Internet environment? Is there work underway to develop resistance to known vulnerabilities? Just thinking that millions of these laptops could become part of a bot army unless we consider abusive risks and try to mitigate them.

A: We're giving serious consideration and will probably use SELinux technology on all services that the laptops might normally be running; this gives some level of protection against day 0 attacks. We're also worrying about write protecting the BIOS of the systems, and similar items.

So the answer is yes, we are considering them. Have we thought of all threats? Almost certainly not. Please help us think ;-).