Comments on: Whatever happened to OLPC? http://it.gen.nz/2008/08/11/whatever-happened-to-olpc/ Writings on technology and society from Wellington, New Zealand Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:57:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: martin langhoff http://it.gen.nz/2008/08/11/whatever-happened-to-olpc/comment-page-1/#comment-757 martin langhoff Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:37:03 +0000 http://it.gen.nz/?p=139#comment-757 Well, we are "only" shipping 55K laptops per month, and only have 400K in the hands of kids. The article is fairly good I'd say -- and early plans to go from 0 to millions of laptops per month in a blink were a bit wild. It is complex enough to ship 55K a month and deal with the complexities of deploying in the 3rd world. Hard but a fantastic endeavour. I say we are winning, and the Wellington office opening is just cream on top :-) Well, we are “only” shipping 55K laptops per month, and only have 400K in the hands of kids. The article is fairly good I’d say — and early plans to go from 0 to millions of laptops per month in a blink were a bit wild.

It is complex enough to ship 55K a month and deal with the complexities of deploying in the 3rd world. Hard but a fantastic endeavour. I say we are winning, and the Wellington office opening is just cream on top :-)

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