Comments on: OLPC - Doomed To Fail? http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2007/11/26/olpc-doomed-to-fail/ Microsoft Valuable Professional Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:30:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Edmund Hunt http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2007/11/26/olpc-doomed-to-fail/#comment-143487 Edmund Hunt Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:03:56 +0000 http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2007/11/26/olpc-doomed-to-fail/#comment-143487 Much of the current reluctance by third world governments comes from their realization [belated perhaps] that getting the hardware is the easy part. Just as in the US when school administrators thought all that had to do to get their district all up to date with tech was to buy each teacher a computer, without support and training teachers used them as illuminated plant stands. Training, maintenance, and repair are at least as important and expensive. A bunch of kids with high tech night lights in the Bush is not going to advance any country's move into the 21st Century. OLPC can provide the hardware but the support has to come from somewhere else. Much of the current reluctance by third world governments comes from their realization [belated perhaps] that getting the hardware is the easy part. Just as in the US when school administrators thought all that had to do to get their district all up to date with tech was to buy each teacher a computer, without support and training teachers used them as illuminated plant stands.

Training, maintenance, and repair are at least as important and expensive. A bunch of kids with high tech night lights in the Bush is not going to advance any country’s move into the 21st Century. OLPC can provide the hardware but the support has to come from somewhere else.

]]> By: Ted Sbardella http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2007/11/26/olpc-doomed-to-fail/#comment-143458 Ted Sbardella Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:58:15 +0000 http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2007/11/26/olpc-doomed-to-fail/#comment-143458 you have to look at what people want and need. It may be that they really do want the better Intel computer after all it is better - looks sturdier and is actually a laptop which is what the market wants. The OLPC is more of an OLPC a kind of computer when kids want a laptop they want a freakin laptop not an OLPC. give kids a choice and I bet theye would see the Intel one as the cool laptop and the OLPC as the sissy yearbook club mac. you have to look at what people want and need. It may be that they really do want the better Intel computer after all it is better - looks sturdier and is actually a laptop which is what the market wants. The OLPC is more of an OLPC a kind of computer when kids want a laptop they want a freakin laptop not an OLPC. give kids a choice and I bet theye would see the Intel one as the cool laptop and the OLPC as the sissy yearbook club mac.

]]> By: Ron Schenone http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2007/11/26/olpc-doomed-to-fail/#comment-143430 Ron Schenone Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:47:44 +0000 http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2007/11/26/olpc-doomed-to-fail/#comment-143430 Hi Kyle, Thanks for sharing the experience that happened in Russia. Interesting to say the least. From other articles I have read it seems that OLPC is having problems getting countries to commit to purchasing the laptops. One can hope that things will change, but it may be wishful thinking. Hi Kyle,
Thanks for sharing the experience that happened in Russia. Interesting to say the least. From other articles I have read it seems that OLPC is having problems getting countries to commit to purchasing the laptops. One can hope that things will change, but it may be wishful thinking.

]]> By: kyle http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2007/11/26/olpc-doomed-to-fail/#comment-143424 kyle Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:48:14 +0000 http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2007/11/26/olpc-doomed-to-fail/#comment-143424 Hey Ron, It will not survive. Instead of embracing the chance to open the world up to computers. Corporations would rather act like big overgrown children! The child that grows up with one of these OLPC computers could be a programmer for Microsoft one day! They could be developing for Intel. Russia has a program to sell (very cheap price)computers through its Postal System. It has failed miserably. They sold maybe 1000 out of the expected 50,000. It came with Microsoft Windows. The schools will not buy them, the people will not buy them. Why? They are afraid of Microsoft because of the teacher that got tried and convicted in court. Over Windows Pirated on School computers, and they can not afford them. Now Russia has decided to have Linux installed on the computers and they have created a finance system to help buy them. They hope that will sell more computers. So a company like Redmond can improve its image by promoting the OLPC, Kyle Hey Ron,

It will not survive. Instead of embracing the chance to open the world up to computers. Corporations would rather act like big overgrown children! The child that grows up with one of these OLPC computers could be a programmer for Microsoft one day! They could be developing for Intel.

Russia has a program to sell (very cheap price)computers through its Postal System. It has failed miserably. They sold maybe 1000 out of the expected 50,000. It came with Microsoft Windows. The schools will not buy them, the people will not buy them. Why?

They are afraid of Microsoft because of the teacher that got tried and convicted in court. Over Windows Pirated on School computers, and they can not afford them.

Now Russia has decided to have Linux installed on the computers and they have created a finance system to help buy them. They hope that will sell more computers.

So a company like Redmond can improve its image by promoting the OLPC,

Kyle

]]> By: University Update - Linux - OLPC - Doomed To Fail? http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2007/11/26/olpc-doomed-to-fail/#comment-143422 University Update - Linux - OLPC - Doomed To Fail? Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:49:16 +0000 http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2007/11/26/olpc-doomed-to-fail/#comment-143422 [...] OLPC - Doomed To Fail? » This Summary is from an article posted at The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP on Monday, November 26, [...] […] OLPC - Doomed To Fail? » This Summary is from an article posted at The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP on Monday, November 26, […]

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