If that was true you would have most startups concentrated in heavily regulated places like california and the UK/Eu rather than all computer startups being in Africa
IE 6 was deliberately non-standard so people would be locked into the MS platform. A lot of companies developed internal apps and sites on this basis, so telling them that they have to spend money with MS again to…
YOu can already buy them (or very similar) for $130 including shipping http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.39459
People were fighting to pay double for an OLPC (buy one give one) just to get their hands on a small (cheap) laptop. That sort of thing gets noticed by manufactuer's marketing depts. Well at least by succesful maker's…
It's not a copy or a knock off. An iPad is a stock LCD screen (although multi touch which is better than this) an ARM core (just buy a licence) and a bit of flash memory. The only thing that makes an iPad valuable is…
Not really, the point of OLPC was the software that let you modify it. Their mistake was trying to do the hardware as well. If you build a good enough OS then the hardware will appear and market demand will make it…
Especially since you lose the people you need to keep. Don't you Mr Oracle ?
So the only difference between this and a $200 netbook is that netbook can stand up on it's own on a table?
I rather think the point is to show his technical ability and 'think outside the boxness'. If you just want a cute promotional item there are promotional companies that will put your name on anything from a foam gonk to…
If that was true you would have most startups concentrated in heavily regulated places like california and the UK/Eu rather than all computer startups being in Africa
IE 6 was deliberately non-standard so people would be locked into the MS platform. A lot of companies developed internal apps and sites on this basis, so telling them that they have to spend money with MS again to…
YOu can already buy them (or very similar) for $130 including shipping http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.39459
People were fighting to pay double for an OLPC (buy one give one) just to get their hands on a small (cheap) laptop. That sort of thing gets noticed by manufactuer's marketing depts. Well at least by succesful maker's…
It's not a copy or a knock off. An iPad is a stock LCD screen (although multi touch which is better than this) an ARM core (just buy a licence) and a bit of flash memory. The only thing that makes an iPad valuable is…
Not really, the point of OLPC was the software that let you modify it. Their mistake was trying to do the hardware as well. If you build a good enough OS then the hardware will appear and market demand will make it…
Especially since you lose the people you need to keep. Don't you Mr Oracle ?
So the only difference between this and a $200 netbook is that netbook can stand up on it's own on a table?
I rather think the point is to show his technical ability and 'think outside the boxness'. If you just want a cute promotional item there are promotional companies that will put your name on anything from a foam gonk to…