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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Regardless of his beliefs, the fact of the matter is that there is no indication that anyone these laptops are meant for has asked RMS to step in and save them from Microsoft.
OTOH, the whole project is very poorly managed as far as I can tell - the few I have seen (or have first hand knowledge of) have died quickly due do faulty screens, bad power supplies, bad batteries, and one even died from a firmware upgrade. It's apparently a major PITA or impossible to RMA them w/o luck or help.