Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 14th May 2008 09:02 UTC
Back in November of 2006, I wrote a piece about the One Laptop Per Child Project. I was afraid that the project's focus on creating a whole new paradigm (the Sugar UI) would ultimately intervene with the actual goal of the project: teaching stuff to kids. Ivan Krstic, former director of security architecture at OLPC, wrote an essay in which he heavily criticises the OLPC project.
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wake up man! OS X is locked to the Apple hardware and the company would see absolutely no reason to let OLPC use it at any price level. Apple sells products where as MS sells software and much like the good ol' neighborhood drug dealer it is giving free samples. There is no free lunch and the fact that the OLPC management is so blind as to not see the MS agenda is just another proof how a good idea alone is not enough to make it big in the business world.
Oh, and the reason why the OLPC never made any progress is because they are treating this like some 2 bit OSS project instead of a real business/job which it is and has always been. 2 years ago the hardware was pretty good. On paper it was the best things since fast food but then came the delays and then the ridiculous idea of selling it to developed nations for 2x the price. Come on, you are not really going to give away a free laptop for every one that I buy. You don't even have a deployment strategy let alone one for giving away free stuff. Plus this very much looks like discrimination based on place of birth/residence ... Anyway the bottom line is that OLPC, while having a huge industry backing and a considerable financial one, has already turned into a fiasco. I did have a lot of respect for the project, today I would be ashamed to say that I work for them.