Insane XO prices!!! Every Laptop must go!!

“Wayan Vota and I are agreed that Nicholas Negroponte is crazy.
What divides us is the question whether Nicholas is crazy enough.
(I am indebted to Niels Bohr for making this distinction early in
the 20th century in the context of quantum mechanics.)

“Is it insane to offer the governments of the world a chance to
buy a $100 computer for up to a billion children? Of course,
especially when you haven’t even discussed the other associated
costs. It turned out that the XO cost $189, without electricity,
Internet, or teacher training.

“Is it insane to promise sales of 8 million units in the first
year? Of course, especially when it turns out that you have done so
on the strength of handshakes from Heads of State and Memoranda of
Understanding (MOUs), not purchase orders. In fact only two million
were sold in the first two years, and not all of those have been
delivered.”

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