akmarksman

akmarksman

Sure, but why are the people allowing the dictator to have his way, it's because they are uneducated

dallasmay2

Sihanouk-s-Poodle

I can't believe I fit that into one sentence lol

homerbklyn

IMOHO the OLPC needs to switch to Penguin Linux for usability/accessibility reasons and allow that amazing tech to be easier exposed where it can really shine. They should also add a built-in OS tutorial that walks the user through the basic with a description/user-run example/description/example flow.

Vagabum

Of course, remember back in the 80s when people said Steve Jobs was not a good leader for Apple and he himself helped bring in Sculley (who then ousted him)???

Vagabum

i second that! the big numbre uno fail was nick himself. if they do get a really fantastic CEO, then with alot of work, and an even greater amount of luck, they may actually be able to pull this project out of the shitter.

jrghoull

qbrad

MagnoliaBoy

Asus Eee, Everex, Classmate and any of the other attempts at generating anti-OLPC bashing on the Internet are jokes in comparison, so is this Gizmodo article.

Now the OLPC CEO will be able to be a little less gentle, a little less neutral, and realize the whole potential of the OLPC technology, by selling a whole bucket load of millions of them during the next few months. This will shake-up the whole industry the way it deserves.

Laptops need to be half priced every 18 months and consume half the energy ever 18 months, read Moores law.

Charbax

Why? because while the actual computer is very sucky, the idea behind it is moving away from monopolies and get into free territory.

I once was organizing a class trip and everyone was going to pay $50 for a seat. The guy that handled trips on my school said why was I doing it, and to stop it and let him handle it and we rwere turning into partners, I said I wasn't make any profits, so no... So he hired a bunch of the guys in my class and made my trip fail. Of course I paid my trip but mostly no one in my class went because they couln't afford the $90 ticket.

The guy making money will go out of their way to get rid of competitors. it's capitalism.

VakeroRokero

"The competitors to OLPC are competitors to OLPC. They are not non-profits. Take MS for example. MS has no desire to educate the children of Africa or to created an economy there. They just want to make sure that their OS remains the monopoly.

The problem with OLPC is that it turned out that its non-profit goals were better met with a for-profit company. If the goal is to get a laptop into the hands of poor kids and improve their education, money grubbing corporations are actually better positioned to achieve that goal. If you genuinely care about the goal (or if OLPC genuinely cares about the goal), it shouldn't matter whether the organization that delivers it is for profit or non profit.

frigg

gmaxwell447

Xavoc

The competitors to OLPC are competitors to OLPC. They are not non-profits. Take MS for example. MS has no desire to educate the children of Africa or to created an economy there. They just want to make sure that their OS remains the monopoly. Operating system monopolies are not like other monopolies. To have a Monopoly in the OS world you have to have the Monopoly in EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD. No exceptions. If China ever switched to Linux, people in the US would have to become compatible with them to do business.

OLPC is a great program and should be commended. A good economy is the only way to break out of the third world. And Education is the only way to build a good economy.

dallasmay2

Xavoc

I am as big an Apple Fanboy as anyone, but I disagree about MS never innovating. While widows was built under some questionable circumstances, MS earned the Office monopoly. Office 97 was a stellar Office suit. Unfortunately for MS they perfected the Office Suit in 1997. Few people actually use any of the features that have been tacked on since then.

Now Office Vista or 2008 or whatever they call it is just Bloatware. I have tried the Ribbon. It sucks. It's bloat. They broke Office just to sell more software. (See the business suits all over that. ) Even Bill Gates said Vista Sucks.

Another example is that Direct X was really good when it first came out. Now it's bloated DRM.

Also this was a well known problem at IBM too.

dallasmay2

So a new leader was needed. a realy good one will unite all the efforts for something greater; an average one will keep OLPC floating along; a terrible one will destroy it.

drewheyman

Xavoc

For example, take MS. Love them or hate them, once Gates stepped down from CEO the company hasn't been the same. HP, Dell, Sony, Apple, it has happened to every company at one time or another. Once you let the "Good Business" people run your company they produce bad technology.

The best CEO's are the ones that love the Technology as much or more than the company.

dallasmay2

Damn lazy ethiopian children! I bet they claim they're starving.

Why don't we start a one cheeseburger per child initiative?

Xavoc

Zan

Maybe I should start a one personal media device per child initiative???

jetexas