On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Benjamin M. Schwartz < bmsch...@fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
> > http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/22/tablet-computer-negroponte-technology-cio-network-olpc.html > > "It aims to make its tablet PC highly durable, all plastic, waterproof, > half the thickness of an iPhone and use less than a watt of power, despite > an 8-gigaherz processor. The price: an unprecedented $75." > > Well, that's cool. > > Deciphering OLPC press releases sometimes feels like I'm playing chess > with Picasso, and he keeps breaking the rules, and I can't tell whether > this is some kind of art or he's just cheating. > > --Ben > > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > More than anything I find this quote amusing: "We don't necessarily need to build it," Negroponte told Forbes. "We just need to threaten to build it." I suppose we could threaten to code the OS, threaten to support it, threaten to create content... :-) Hey, its Festivus. Air out the grievances!!! Sameer
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