Comments on: Designer of OLPC starts her own company http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/01/11/designer-of-olpc-starts-her-own-company/ General interest observations and true web-log. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:24:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Milo http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/01/11/designer-of-olpc-starts-her-own-company/comment-page-1/#comment-951412 Milo Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:31:22 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=15526#comment-951412 OLPC is a crock. So is the state of hard drive laptop technology. People are spending up to $200 on after market cooling systems just so the things will work! Flash drive laptops aren't nice to have. They are the only way the things will keep working! OLPC is a crock. So is the state of hard drive laptop technology. People are spending up to $200 on after market cooling systems just so the things will work! Flash drive laptops aren’t nice to have. They are the only way the things will keep working!

]]> By: pedro http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/01/11/designer-of-olpc-starts-her-own-company/comment-page-1/#comment-950721 pedro Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:51:43 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=15526#comment-950721 I bet kids in poor countries will be more grateful if old gameboys were given away for free I bet kids in poor countries will be more grateful if old gameboys were given away for free

]]> By: jescott418 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/01/11/designer-of-olpc-starts-her-own-company/comment-page-1/#comment-950630 jescott418 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:54:22 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=15526#comment-950630 Oh yea, $75 laptop. I bet that will be a great one. I have a great ideal! Why not give all these working PC's going to the salvage yard or scrap heap and instead give them to these people for almost free? I am sure a old IBM or Dell will perform much better then these OLPC toys. Oh yea, $75 laptop. I bet that will be a great one. I have a great ideal!
Why not give all these working PC’s going to the salvage yard or scrap heap and instead give them to these people for almost free?
I am sure a old IBM or Dell will perform much better then these OLPC toys.

]]> By: pedro http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/01/11/designer-of-olpc-starts-her-own-company/comment-page-1/#comment-950309 pedro Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:10:47 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=15526#comment-950309 She must be as mean spirited as Intel. Or so was the conclusion when Intel did the same thing last week. For some, it seems that the sanctity of the OLPC group is akin to Stevereeno's She must be as mean spirited as Intel. Or so was the conclusion when Intel did the same thing last week.

For some, it seems that the sanctity of the OLPC group is akin to Stevereeno’s

]]> By: Dallas http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/01/11/designer-of-olpc-starts-her-own-company/comment-page-1/#comment-950147 Dallas Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:29:26 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=15526#comment-950147 Negroponte will go ballistic. He does not want any competition for his self promotion project shrouded in the OLPC program. Will he dare attack a woman and one that came from OLPC as turning a poor child give away program into a business? Negroponte will go ballistic. He does not want any competition for his self promotion project shrouded in the OLPC program.

Will he dare attack a woman and one that came from OLPC as turning a poor child give away program into a business?

]]> By: KwadGuy http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/01/11/designer-of-olpc-starts-her-own-company/comment-page-1/#comment-950132 KwadGuy Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:12:34 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=15526#comment-950132 This is the kind of business plan that lures stupid VC money and is irresistible to bloggers/editors, but will absolutely positive NEVER pan out. A cheaper laptop? Possibly. A $75 laptop? Meaning a laptop that is fully functional and usable out of the box for $75? Not a chance in the world. But you can be sure everyone in tech will be talking about this for a few minutes! This is the kind of business plan that lures stupid VC money and is irresistible to bloggers/editors, but will absolutely positive NEVER pan out.

A cheaper laptop? Possibly. A $75 laptop? Meaning a laptop that is fully functional and usable out of the box for $75? Not a chance in the world.

But you can be sure everyone in tech will be talking about this for a few minutes!

]]> By: Esteban http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/01/11/designer-of-olpc-starts-her-own-company/comment-page-1/#comment-950093 Esteban Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:51:09 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=15526#comment-950093 Here's an idea for a $75 computer - find that infamous landfill full of Apple Lisas, dust them off, and ship them out. :) Here’s an idea for a $75 computer – find that infamous landfill full of Apple Lisas, dust them off, and ship them out. :)

]]> By: TIHZ_HO http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/01/11/designer-of-olpc-starts-her-own-company/comment-page-1/#comment-950077 TIHZ_HO Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:38:35 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=15526#comment-950077 "...with a goal of producing a $75 laptop computer." Or a $150 laptop owing how the $100 OLPC became the $200. Seeing how the USD is going she ought to be quoting Euros as $75 may not get more than a power cord soon. Cheers “…with a goal of producing a $75 laptop computer.”

Or a $150 laptop owing how the $100 OLPC became the $200. Seeing how the USD is going she ought to be quoting Euros as $75 may not get more than a power cord soon.

Cheers

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