John Gilmore wrote: > ==> Who's the best manager or CEO you ever worked for?
Hands down, C. Norman (Norm) Winningstad! [snip] > OLPC has already changed the world in a small > way, by teaching us that there's a vibrant world market for low cost, > high function portable computers, and reminding us how much leverage > there is in third world educational improvement. OLPC still has a > chance to change the world in a big way, by satisfying that market, > rather than leaving it to commercial companies to half-assedly pick up > the pieces. One *big* challenge OLPC faces is that those commercial companies aren't half-assed at all -- they are *directly* competing with OLPC by all legal means! > Steering OLPC back on to the rails before it crashes and > burns will be a job your favorite CEO or manager will never forget. I'm not sure your presuppositions are accurate here. First of all, I don't think OLPC is "off the rails" or headed towards a "crash and burn" fate. Second, there are very real constraints OLPC has accepted: 1. Non-profit status 2. Open-source licensing 3. Depending on volunteer software engineering. Finally, I don't think your problem is going to be finding *applicants*. Your problem is going to be finding the *right* applicant. _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
