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| by Stan Beer | |
| Wednesday, 21 May 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 2 It is in this climate of a crumbling dream that Nicholas
Negroponte has boldly announced the OLPC vision of a new XO model to be
delivered by 2010. Incredibly, the new model is envisaged to be
significantly more advanced and complex (dual touch screens and smaller
footprint) but targeted to sell at the incredibly low price point of
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As for the time frame of 2010, well two years is an eternity in the world of high technology. It is also a long time for a rapidly fragmenting organisation that has yet to prove its worth to continue to stay afloat. Come 2010, pardon me if I'm more concerned as to whether General Motors can deliver the much anticipated Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid car than whether the OLPC (if it still exists) delivers a $150 dual-screen laptop that was originally promised to cost $75. |
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