[colug-432] a rather harsh look back at OLPC hardware (and other) choices

[R P Herrold]

http://www.metafilter.com/82630/One-Laptop-Per-Child-Vision-vs-Reality#26155
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and then going back to the top a worthwhile read as well, if, 
of course, one enjoys seeing rain-wrecks

pull quote in the thread:

If the project was half as good at its mission as Negroponte 
was at self-promotion, then maybe we'd have a massive success 
on our hands. Instead, this was always an ill-conceived 
boondoggle that misallocated resources and attention away from 
lesser-heralded ICT4D projects currently underway. Any gains 
it has made need to be seen relative to the missed 
opportunities that could have been accomplished had these 
resources gone to others at MIT, or to the ongoing projects at 
Cal, CMU, Stanford, and elsewhere.

-- Russ herrold