On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 10:10 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > This is the only time we're making the XO laptop > > available to the public and quantities are limited, > > I have to say, this really does seem like a boneheaded idea. > Surely > it's in their interest to have loads of geeks buying these > machines. > > First it gets the volumes up, which brings the prices down and > makes > the whole thing viable -- hell, they can even (as they are > now) put a > substantial markup on it. Second it creates a community of > people > hacking on it, scratching itches and generally helping out. > Sure, they > might not all have an educational focus, but so what?
The original idea was: only children can have one, so if you have one it must be stolen. There is no value in trying to sell blatent stolen goods. If that's true then upgrading patches etc are redundant: you hack into one and get a 9yro's arithmetic homework. wow! Now all that has changed ... James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
