Comments on: Gates disses MIT’s $100 laptop http://www.p2pnet.net/story/8213 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/8213/comment-page-1#comment-36207 Reader's Write Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:27:28 +0000 #comment-36207 man they are in trouble if you got 2 billion of them usin 100$ laptops to download illegal juarez man they are in trouble if you got 2 billion of them usin 100$ laptops to download illegal juarez

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/8213/comment-page-1#comment-36204 Reader's Write Fri, 17 Mar 2006 09:35:46 +0000 #comment-36204 One of the biggest problems with holding down the cost of the $100 laptop is the software it will run. You can't very well sell a laptop at a $100 dollars when the OS costs $200.00. Gates is POed that they didn't chose his OS so he could add all the money coming from that project. Had they done so, he would have been singing it's praises instead of having sour grapes. I am sure that Gates knows the idea of having an IT tech for broadband where broadband nor 56k does not exist will not solve the problem. I'm also very sure that those same kids that learn on that laptop may well down the road be able for figure out a link up that works for some sort of local-in-the-circle network. Kids are about pushing boundries to see what works. Sometimes that's tearing apart the peices of the OS to learn why it does what it does. Can't very well do that with a locked down software such as Winblows. That was one of the very reasons that the linux software was chosen. Down the road when those kids grow up, there may well be stiff competion from those very kids that learned of a computer world on a $100 laptop. One of the biggest problems with holding down the cost of the $100 laptop is the software it will run. You can’t very well sell a laptop at a $100 dollars when the OS costs $200.00. Gates is POed that they didn’t chose his OS so he could add all the money coming from that project. Had they done so, he would have been singing it’s praises instead of having sour grapes.

I am sure that Gates knows the idea of having an IT tech for broadband where broadband nor 56k does not exist will not solve the problem. I’m also very sure that those same kids that learn on that laptop may well down the road be able for figure out a link up that works for some sort of local-in-the-circle network. Kids are about pushing boundries to see what works. Sometimes that’s tearing apart the peices of the OS to learn why it does what it does. Can’t very well do that with a locked down software such as Winblows. That was one of the very reasons that the linux software was chosen.

Down the road when those kids grow up, there may well be stiff competion from those very kids that learned of a computer world on a $100 laptop.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/8213/comment-page-1#comment-36200 Reader's Write Fri, 17 Mar 2006 03:54:57 +0000 #comment-36200 Geez, spit out those sour grapes Billy. Mr Gates' comments would seem to betray an almost total lack of understanding of what this project's inititives are, or perhaps he's attemting to sabotage it with a bunch of red herrings. One small example, "get a broadband connection and have somebody there who can help support the user". Broadband? These computers are destined to be used in areas that do not even have ELECTRICY, much less broadband and an IT person hanging around to "support the user". Bill, make that trip to the clue store before you open your mouth next time. I'm sure you can afford it... P.S. IMHO Mr. Barrett's comments were just as absurd as Bill's. They both sound like spoiled little brats who are pouting cuz mom said no. Geez, spit out those sour grapes Billy. Mr Gates’ comments would seem to betray an almost total lack of understanding of what this project’s inititives are, or perhaps he’s attemting to sabotage it with a bunch of red herrings. One small example, “get a broadband connection and have somebody there who can help support the user”. Broadband? These computers are destined to be used in areas that do not even have ELECTRICY, much less broadband and an IT person hanging around to “support the user”. Bill, make that trip to the clue store before you open your mouth next time. I’m sure you can afford it…

P.S. IMHO Mr. Barrett’s comments were just as absurd as Bill’s. They both sound like spoiled little brats who are pouting cuz mom said no.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/8213/comment-page-1#comment-36188 Reader's Write Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:04:08 +0000 #comment-36188 Bill's just pissed it will run linux instead of windows os. Bill’s just pissed it will run linux instead of windows os.

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