This one time, at band camp, Jeff Waugh wrote: > The answer to this is really simple: Retail *SUCKS*. > > They're sucking up a considerable cost (in time and dollar terms) to provide > the G1G1 programme, because it massively increases their workload to deal > with "annoying customers", they have to deal with shipping costs (and people > whining about how it's not available outside North America), etc.
So get someone else to do it, and purchase 100,000 of them up-front. Get them to do all the "annoying customers" handling too. If it's an existing retailer, they're the experts already. > The most important thing to remember about the G1G1 programme: Unless you're > going to hack on the thing, it's almost entirely pointless to buy one. If > you have three kids, by all means, buy three. Otherwise, it's not worth your > time: The XO is made for kids, and made for collaboration. A single XO is a > curiosity, looking for a friend. (This is why Pia and I take both our OLPCs > around to demo -- most people, even if they've seen the XO, have never seen > the software truly in action.) You're telling me it's not a well-priced, highly portable, networked computer with decent battery life? That's something I've been after for many years -- laptops are way to heavy and PDAs suck. -- Rev Simon Rumble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Just because you're on holiday, doesn't mean you're not a geek. http://engineer.openguides.org/ "Non-combatant, n. A dead Quaker." - Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
