Comments on: Intel walks away from OLPC

By: RickCain

RickCain — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:16:57 +0000

Intel’s ambitions with OLPC are hardly altruistic. Once they realize they can’t make any money they will drop it, leaving people high and dry.

Thats the difference between someone that does it for idealogy and someone that does it only for the quick cash.

By: Gary, the dangerous infidel

Gary, the dangerous infidel — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:05:54 +0000

It’s a supportable premise, although still quite arguable, that a computer can be the single most useful educational tool there is. At its best, it has the capacity to replace the pencils, paper, and textbooks that were absolutely necessary in education 30 years ago. Plus, I’m pretty sure the money that goes to buy computers in third-world countries would otherwise be spent on Creationism textbooks for them

By: bs

bs — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:13:12 +0000

The OLPC project is simply a method to decrease productivity via the internet in the 3rd world just as it has killed real productivity in the US.

Best way I can think of to keep em occupied and quiet. Ever give a kid a xbox360? right you hear nothing for days, the make little noise, don’t whine, low maintenance. An electronic babysitter.

By: the Three-Headed Cat™

the Three-Headed Cat™ — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:37:45 +0000

Well, the Intel / OLCP brouhaha is one thing – but the very need for the thing in the first place, I agree totally. With the price (whatever it turns out to be) of one of those machines, one fuck of a lot of pencils, paper and books can be had. The PC notion of ‘those poor people being unfairly denied access to Dvorak Uncensored, YouTube and TMZ’ is a hoot.

By: pedro

pedro — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:51:52 +0000

#40 Not only is not common, it just doesn’t make sense anymore.

By: TIHZ_HO

TIHZ_HO — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:58:17 +0000

OLPC is a Crock ‘O’ Poop anyway.

Before computers just how did children learn? Well, they had classrooms, pencils, paper, books…and don’t forget teachers. How about that for a start. This is so obvious that this could only be mental masturbation of all those involved in OLPC – a collective “Gee aren’t we fucking great?”

Obviously common sense is no longer common today.

Cheers

By: pedro

pedro — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:41:45 +0000

#37 you own a mac, don’t you?

By: gregallen

gregallen — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:58:16 +0000

>> Is Intel being unreasonable?

I suppose it depends on how much money Intel is making from the OLPC deal. If it is a break-even for them, it unreasonable that they should be banned from profit elsewhere.

Seems to me that OPLC — as a non profit group — should not be too pushy about how Intel makes their money. I’ve worked for non-profits most of my adult life and it would never occur to me that we could tell businesses what to do with their for-profit customers.

By: the Three-Headed Cat™

the Three-Headed Cat™ — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 03:27:07 +0000

Whatever the people behind the OLPC may or may not be doesn’t mean Jack Shit to me, since the organization they are opposing is one of human civilizations greatest poster children for rampant, shameless, arrogantly defiant, amoral and unethical greed, with possibly only one serious competitor.

If anyone wants to seriously suggest that the brazen, infamous moneygrubbing monopolists at Intel could possibly have the moral high ground in this dispute, please contact me for real estate investment opportunities. I am also Marie of Roumania.

By: lucidologist

lucidologist — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:17:28 +0000

I Think the best part of the whole OLPC project is the least discussed. The XO hardware is not that impressive but the OS rocks! I’m a musician and I love tweaking with TamTam (from live CD)! I wonder if Intel wanted a slice of that Linux pie and was denied.

By: lucidologist

lucidologist — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:08:46 +0000

WOW! Sam (#33) may be proposing some sort of “final solution”… shameful…

By: Esteban

Esteban — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:03:59 +0000

#33. I don’t mind if you’re offended by porn, but please keep the Antisemitism out of this forum.

By: sam

sam — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:43:14 +0000

The woman on the screen really says it all. Worldwide whites are a minority at what 10% of the population. Now all these brown and black children will have access to porn made by Jews with naked defiled white women. While whites buy one give one. Its not wise to educate our competitors. See the movie Brothers Solomon watch some ignorant alien beast impregnate and defile a white woman. I am so distraught after watching this Jew filth.

By: Phillep

Phillep — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:43:16 +0000

#31, LOL, exactly. Set the corporation up right and it can make one heck of a profit and pay the officers outragious salaries and benifits. But it’s “not for profit” because there are no stock holders.

I did not know there was any restriction as to who could control it, though. When did that come about?

By: Pmitchell

Pmitchell — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:21:17 +0000

Dont ever let the term nonprofit misguide you as to think that those in charge arent in it to line their pockets. I have a non profit and have been offered large sums to sell it to some very shady characters who can not get one( it is very hard to get a 403c now ) but know how much money you can suck out of one if your unscrupulous.