tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608234429534215935.post8099030863195192583..comments2023-10-08T18:15:14.141+07:00Comments on Thomas Wanhoff in Vietnam: OLPC downsizes half of staffthomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07310696530428312091noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608234429534215935.post-6857758770874542392009-03-28T16:48:00.000+07:002009-03-28T16:48:00.000+07:00I've never understood the financial aspect of OLPC...I've never understood the financial aspect of OLPC: even If the laptop would have been 100 US$ (which is cheap), ordering 1.000.000 laptops by a developing country (which was the plan), would cost that country ... 100.000.000 US$ ... which is an enormous amount of money.<BR/><BR/>I think (old skool) printing a school book will only cost a few cents, max 1 euro per book.<BR/><BR/>I like laptops, and I like cheap laptops, but thinking all people need a laptop is a bit colonial. I think it's better to educate developing countries how to print, educate and develop themselves. Teach them how to develop a laptop. I think the locally developped and built 12 $ TV computer (based on the 6502?) is a better start.Quiriniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12132179834912519990noreply@blogger.com