http://www.osnews.com/story/20739/OLPC_Downsizes_Half_of_Its_Staff_Cuts_Sugar_Development Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:40:56 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread?342674 http://osnews.com/thread?342674 Is this anything like "Fantastic Voyage" and "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"? Or is it more of a "Weight Watchers" thing?Edited 2009-01-08 02:09 UTC Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:08:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sbergman27) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?342679 http://osnews.com/thread?342679 More of a Dilbert thing. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Moredhas) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?342681 http://osnews.com/thread?342681 I thought it had more to do with the device being super expensive and generally lackluster when compared to everything else available.

Had they just played ball, and sold it in the states for $199 though could have sold a boatload IMHO. Nope, Only way to get one was to pay double. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (HeLfReZ) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?342688 http://osnews.com/thread?342688 Sell them by mail order to anyone for $199 each. This will create volume pricing advantages.

Hint: Never put an academic in charge of a business (unless you want it to fail)! Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:52:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (unclefester) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?342698 http://osnews.com/thread?342698 Rest in peace, one paycheck per worker. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (diskinetic) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?342766 http://osnews.com/thread?342766 I'd love to blame this on big bad Microsoft and Intel (they certainly weren't helpful), but unfortunately the OLPC was yet another rudderless project with people who didn't have the courage of their convictions. Sugar was a disaster right from the start and was a huge turn off for the machines to most. They should have went into the open source world and creatively looked at what was available ;-). Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:23:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (segedunum) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?342890 http://osnews.com/thread?342890 As much as I admire Negroponte (still have my copy of Being Digital around somewhere), I have to agree. Although I expect the OLPC project probably deserves some credit for the current "netbook" phenomenon. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:01:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (StephenBeDoper) Comments