In reference to The Economist article "The Laptop Wars", The Economist.com asks: "Will charity or profit end the digital divide?"

Do you think that there is a "digital divide" in your country? What does "digital divide" mean?

The Economist.com says, "Nobody disputes the merits of making laptops available cheaply to children in the developing world."

Do you believe that nobody disputes the merits of making laptops available cheaply to children in the developing world? What are the "merits" or "demerits" of marketing cheap laptops from rich countries to children in poor countries?

According to The Economist, "The key question is whether there is a potentially profitable market for cheap laptops in the developing world."

Do you think that this is indeed the 'key question'? Do you subscribe to the "bottom of the pyramid" market idea wherein there are fortunes to be made designing products for the wold's poorest consumers? The Economist seems to suggest that given the merits of the OLPC project, it is logical to turn poor children in developing markets into consumers. Do you agree with this logic?