-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 In the past there has been some debate about the OLPC concept, but I've not heard anything about it. I mean: there hasn't been any further discussion in technical communities forums etc as in the past. Looking at the web site (laptop.org) I see there are updates, including an article on Time (http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1997940,00.html?xid=rss-mostpopular).
But is it really changing the world? A few hours ago, I realized that in the meantime the scenario has changed in such a way that maybe the OLPC is already old stuff. In the end (see the Time article) the end cost raised from $99 to $181, and I wonder whether in one year one couldn't make a tablet based on Android for a similar price. It would be much more powerful tool (hw and sw) and stuff such as the Android Inventor (see my previous post) might be a plus. Of course, there's all the stuff related to robustness and operability in special conditions that I can't evaluate - but I presume similar concepts could be applied to a tablet. I wonder whether Google is thinking of that. - -- Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people [email protected] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkw8TFEACgkQeDweFqgUGxfFeACePgyyLXXDa9cSFWBzJT2ZegEO FlkAniw4RUxaWqz9+9EnPICGq9CHtnwI =Bgj8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
