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Interesting OLPC discussion thread from Amazon

OK, really for sure, my last update for the day on the Amazon OLPC sales. Just wanted to post a conversation thread from the one, concerned, negative reviewer on Amazon: Refund Policy?, November 17, 2008 By Marilyn Jones Last year, there were many...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Refund, One Laptop Per Child Project, G1G1, XO, Marilyn Jones, Productivity, Sales Strategy, Sales, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-17

OLPC's 'Give 1 Get 1': What a difference a year makes

OLPC's 'Give 1 Get 1': What a difference a year makesG1G1 != Future of OLPC.The main conduit of the OLPC into school children's hands is through national governments. The G1G1 program helps but I don't see it as a deal breaker.Well, OLPC is directly responsible for the current...

Tags: Well OLPC, One Laptop Per Child project, G1G1

Discussion threads 2008-11-17

OLPC revives G1G1: too little, too late

Oh, there's lots of excitement that OLPC is bringing back Give One, Get One for this holiday season. Amazon is selling the green machines in pairs (one for a kid in the developing world, one for yours) and the G1G1 program is going global, too. ...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child Project, G1G1, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Amazon and OLPC...First G1G1 picture this year

Amazon and OLPC...First G1G1 picture this yearA cue from Apple?"I'm thinking that Amazon could at least take a queue from Apple on their store updates, though."What, and knock the entire store down to update 3 products? Pfft. No thanks. :-)RE: Amazon and OLPC...First G1G1 picture this yearI appreciate you G1G1...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, G1G1, G1G1 picture, Amazon.com Inc., tax, donation

Discussion threads 2008-11-17

$400 XOs and recessions

$400 XOs and recessionsPromote OLPC if you canThe OLPC cause is a noble one.Don't mix economics with OLPC.God Bless Negroponte.RE: $400 XOs and recessionsSomething is already going wrong with this year's G1G1 program (amazon.com/xo). As of this morning, it looks like there still wasn't a refund/return policy in place...

Tags: Netbooks, recession, G1G1

Discussion threads 2008-11-17

How employers can pay the OLPC forward and why the OLPC project needs digital badges

As many people know, on Monday of this week, the One Laptop Per Child project began its Give One Get One program whereby individuals who pay $399 (plus 24.95 for shipping) will end up buying two OLPCs -- one for themselves and one that "will be sent to empower a...

Tags: Program, T-Mobile, One Laptop Per Child Project, G1G1, Fran Toolan, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-11-14

Will you G1G1?

Will you G1G1?You already know the answer, Chris ...The Intel Classmate is a better solution. Besides, rather than G1G1, the BETTER choice is to just send OLPC $400 and deduct it from your federal taxes. If you believe in OLPC, that is the right answer. If you...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, G1G1, Classmate PC, Intel Classmate

Discussion threads 2007-11-13

XO laptop sales begin, but support plan is nonexistent

XO laptop sales begin, but support plan is nonexistentHave them call the following tech support...http://www.illwillpress.com/tech.htmlSo how is this differentSo how is this different from traditional support, where you call Pashi in India, and he reads a script to you in bad English?This is a great program but...Always the case. I...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, XO-laptop sale, G1G1, XO-laptop

Discussion threads 2007-11-13

Negroponte's laptop finally in production

Those $100 $200 laptops from Nick Negroponte are finally rolling off the production line at Quanta, the Taiwanese manufacturer of One Laptop Per Child's breakthrough XO laptops. OLPC says Quanta is currently producing 15,000 per month but that those numbers will rise. ...

Tags: Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Negroponte, XO, Wayan Vota, G1G1, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2007-11-07

Additional Resources

More OLPC Give One Considerations

More OLPC Give One ConsiderationsDue to Netbooks the OLPC program is deadWhy anyone would go for the "give one and get one" program anymore is beyond me.I am not saying that it is not a good thing to support the program by paying $199 for the program to deliver one...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, OLPC Give, Netbooks, Third World

Discussion threads 2008-11-19

More OLPC Give One Considerations

It's the second day of sales for the OLPC Give One Get One program on Amazon; the site is still up and still claiming next day delivery is available (anyone who gets theirs in a day, please talk back below). I posted several musings yesterday on this latest effort...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-18

News to know: Jerry Yang, MLB.com, Mark Cuban, USB 3.0

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Jerry Yang to step down as CEO, back to Chief Yahoo Larry Dignan:  With Yang out as Yahoo CEO, Steve Ballmer licks chops ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Jerry Yang, MLB, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, USB, CEO, One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-18

News to know: Intel, Adobe; Kindle economics; OLPC

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: New update of Microsoft codename tracker available now Larry Dignan: Intel launches Core i7; Who’s buying? Paul Murphy: How Intel's Nehalem...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Apple iPhone, Enterprise Software, Intel Corp., Larry Dignan, Management, Middleware, One Laptop Per Child Project, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), SOA, Software, Strategy, Web Services

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Amazon and OLPC...First G1G1 picture this year

Maybe it's just some West Coast lag, but this appeared very early this morning Eastern time (Sunday night, this was still a pointer to the OLPC G1G1 program page). I'll check back when I regain consciousness in the morning. Maybe they'll be...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., One Laptop Per Child Project, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-16

$400 XOs and recessions

The OLPC XO goes on sale through Amazon Monday via a redux of their Give One Get One (G1G1) program that turned into such a debacle last year. It's no secret that, despite my utter willingness to give props to OLPC for spurring an entire market of...

Tags: Recession, Amazon.com Inc., Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, OLPC XO, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-16

XO sold through Amazon this year...Who cares?

The One Laptop Per Child OLPC program will begin selling its XO laptop via Amazon this year in a reprise of its Give One Get One (G1G1) program, according to Ars Technica and several other outlets. Although the Ars piece paints this a real boon for OLPC, whose G1G1...

Tags: Developing Country, Amazon.com Inc., One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-09-05

OLPC stuck key issue drawing attention

The so-called "stuck-key issue" being reported by OLPC XO owners is gaining a fair amount of media attention as the first large-scale deployments in Mongolia and Peru are taking off. First reported about four months ago by buyers from the OLPC Give One Get One program, the problem, according...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child Project, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-04-20

Netscape+eulogy%3A+Use+Flock+and+Firefox

Netscape+eulogy%3A+Use+Flock+and+FirefoxAOL is like Caroline Kennedy's Boeing777...with everything you would expectFairwell Netscape we can only believe you will find a new home in some preprietary search as part of many midline and large corporations handling a multitude of employees. have fun at your New! job.RE: Netscape eulogy: Use Flock and FirefoxWhat's...

Tags: Web browsers, E-mail clients, Microsoft Windows Vista, Netscape Communications Corp., Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, America Online Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-22

Have you gotten one yet?

Businessweek and ZDNet Asia reported earlier this week that many customers who participated in OLPC's Give One Get One (G1G1) program are still waiting for the Get One to materialize. The idea behind the G1G1 initiative was that donors could, for $400, purchase both an XO computer for themselves...

Tags: Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-01-31

OLPC campaign nets $35 million; 100,000 units go to emerging markets

OLPC campaign nets $35 million; 100,000 units go to emerging marketsYes, it was a GREAT program, and will get lots of computers into the handsof technical people that will help with the project. I would like to see it extended and continued. We would also like to see accessories such...

Tags: emerging market, One Laptop Per Child project, Intel Corp., computer

Discussion threads 2008-01-07