Comments on: OLPC laptops on general sale

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:16:58 +0000

I agree it is a good deal for a portable computer and I love open sourcing and the rest of the world will be help as well. A WIN WIN situation for all concerned.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 05:35:40 +0000

“This is money that could be better spent on more urgent needs, such as food and housing.”

Do you want developed nations to keep give developing nations hand outs ad perpetuum or do you want them to become educated enough to take care of themselves?

Anyway, it doesn’t have to be either/or… we aren’t going to give them laptops instead of food.

And how can they become ‘addicted’ to something that you and I take for granted? Surely you can’t deny them the opportunity to have the same opportunities we take for granted.

I for one am more than happy to pay for two to get one of these. I get a cool little portable computer, it promotes open source, and someone in a developing nation gets one to help in their education.

More here: http://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2007/01/one-laptop-per-child.html

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 05:25:56 +0000

No… it’s Microsoft and PC makers that don’t want the competition.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:43:24 +0000

I see this as making children of developing nations into the dependent, addicted consumers of developed countries. That laptop will eventually need replacing due to hardware faults or obsoleteness, and the market is just waiting to consume the souls of these people by giving them new ones, not for free, but at a substantial cost. The “free” laptops will get them hooked to the technology, much like listening to music or watching TV will most likely cause consumers to invest more money into those items at a later date. This is money that could be better spent on more urgent needs, such as food and housing. It might even encourage crime amongst those who can’t pay up for the new laptops. As great as technology is, this is not the kind of way to use it to help solve the problems of third world countries.

Also, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLPC#Criticism.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:58:04 +0000

but its meant to children who are poor and cant afford a laptop. how the hell would these children afford a much more expensive one?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:03:59 +0000

What brand of soda do you drink?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:12:30 +0000

open source? oh the horror !!!!!!!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:51:43 +0000

they don’t want the competition

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:49:39 +0000

i never fully understood why the bad news?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:25:35 +0000

Get one for the kids? I’ll get one for jmyself =) I wonder if they will they be taking advance orders