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Stephen Downes

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We are nearing the crossing point in the technology exchange between computers and textbooks (the crossing point is that point in the price or sales graph where a rising technology's line crosses that of a declining technology's). "A child's set of textbooks costs $350," Smith said. "If they can get these notebooks down to $500, it gets cost-effective in a hurry." The crossing point will be reached when the cost of the computer (plus associated content) is lower than the cost of the texts. Won't be long now.

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