["India is so big that you risk being satisfied with your internal market. Don't. The world needs your device and leadership. Your tablet is not an "answer" or "competitor" to OLPC's XO laptop," Negroponte wrote.]
Without getting into Mr Negroponte's philosophy behind OLPC, about which there is a huge risk of getting into pointless arguments with its faithful supporters, it is significant that he suggests having the tablet definition diluted with the needs of other users (the "world needs your device and leadership"). Vivek Wadhwa addresses this same point in a blogpost at TechCrunch (here http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/01/opportunities-in-the-patent-free-zone/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 ). There is a significant problem, which I think is based on a false sense of self-centerdness, that one size fits all. Far from it, even a tablet meant for some of India's people won't serve the needs of some others. With several hundred million potential users, does it even matter? I don't think so. A walk around any consumer mall will show that the simplest of product categories are crowded with choices. Why should a complex device be any different? Is a PC any better for having such complex software that purports to meet every differentiated need, all in one gadget? I don't think so. If anything, it fails to be good enough on so many counts that the head spins. Having said which, it is quite possible that Mr Negroponte is in fact just plain greedy. After all, he has a bunch of very faithful followers in Indian industry who exhibit their greed in bidding for the Aadhaar scam. On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:16 PM, jtd <[email protected]> wrote: > Negroponte who punted for M$ and Intel, now wants his finger in the > pieinthesky. > > > http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/355270/negroponte_offers_olpc_technology_35_tablet/ > > The comments are interesting. > > > -- > Rgds > JTD > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in > -- Vickram http://communicall.wordpress.com
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