Perfect Solution Fallacy [1]? I agree that helping 15000 people is better than helping none. My cynicism relates to how the Pis are to be distributed and what

Perfect Solution Fallacy [1]? I agree that helping 15000 people is better than helping none. My cynicism relates to how the Pis are to be distributed and what can be learned about whether this works in any educationally meaningful sense. If this is an experiment and the [geekiest|nicest|poorest] kid in a school gets a Pi to take home, how do you evaluate the educational outcome? This announcement also exists within a political context (corporate tax avoidance), and occurred on the same day that Eric Schmidt made public comments about Google not being opposed to a more restrictive corporate tax regime in the UK. If it is a PR move then I don't have much confidence that there will be any follow-through aimed at achieving genuine educational improvements. To do this requires infrastructure and ongoing commitment. For the record, I have three Pis and I think they are wonderful. My children are going to be using them at home soon and if they had access to them in school too then I would be very pleased. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_fallacy#Perfect_solution_fallacy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_fallacy#Perfect_solutio... [2] http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jan/29/google-tax-chairman http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jan/29/google-tax-...