Comments on: Sugar needs more dough! OLPC's $100 Laptop now $200 http://www.techlahore.com/2007/10/30/sugar-needs-more-dough-olpcs-100-laptop-now-200/ Musings on technology, startups and software Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Indians develop Apple "iPad killer" - Pakistan Defence Forum http://www.techlahore.com/2007/10/30/sugar-needs-more-dough-olpcs-100-laptop-now-200/comment-page-1/#comment-5247 Indians develop Apple "iPad killer" - Pakistan Defence Forum Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:12:28 +0000 http://techlahore.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/sugar-needs-more-dough-olpcs-100-laptop-now-200/#comment-5247 [...] Originally Posted by XiNiX The Product u r referring was a "supported" initiative by GoV of India and more of a student project of engineering students blessed by a company and ministry of education, but never intended for a commercial approach. btw this is the real pic : Everything you have said above is incorrect. My friend, the picture you've provided is not the Sakshit laptop and has nothing to do with India. This is the Sugar laptop developed by Nicholas Negroponte's OLPC initiative. The Sakshit non-laptop was nothing other than propaganda nonsense and didn't have a display, any real processing capability or any other laptop-like capabilities for that matter! it was like an over-glorified storage device. In contrast, you might want to take a look at the ultra-low cost Sirius computer developed in Pakistan: FiveRivers Technologies Please do some basic reading before posting such patently false information. Here is more information on the Sugar laptop: Sugar needs more dough! OLPC's $100 Laptop now $200 | TechLahore [...] [...] Originally Posted by XiNiX The Product u r referring was a "supported" initiative by GoV of India and more of a student project of engineering students blessed by a company and ministry of education, but never intended for a commercial approach. btw this is the real pic : Everything you have said above is incorrect. My friend, the picture you've provided is not the Sakshit laptop and has nothing to do with India. This is the Sugar laptop developed by Nicholas Negroponte's OLPC initiative. The Sakshit non-laptop was nothing other than propaganda nonsense and didn't have a display, any real processing capability or any other laptop-like capabilities for that matter! it was like an over-glorified storage device. In contrast, you might want to take a look at the ultra-low cost Sirius computer developed in Pakistan: FiveRivers Technologies Please do some basic reading before posting such patently false information. Here is more information on the Sugar laptop: Sugar needs more dough! OLPC's $100 Laptop now $200 | TechLahore [...]

]]> By: TechLahore http://www.techlahore.com/2007/10/30/sugar-needs-more-dough-olpcs-100-laptop-now-200/comment-page-1/#comment-2810 TechLahore Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:21:59 +0000 http://techlahore.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/sugar-needs-more-dough-olpcs-100-laptop-now-200/#comment-2810 What do you mean by 'illogical'? How is it so... care to expound? Also, please note that Negroponte didn't start the price reduction trend in the industry. That has been going on for decades. None of the innovations that the OLPC came up with have been used in any mainstream netbook to reduce cost. If they had come up with a really cheap way to make LCDs that was actually adopted by the industry to reduce prices across the board, I would count that as a direct contribution or success. The fact is that their hardware/software innovations weren't adopted by anyone and the price reduction trend overtook their ability to ship product. If Negroponte had instead advised groups of students at the Media Lab in diverse areas such as those I have highlighted above, the net scientific/technological contribution would have probably been far greater than what was achieved by the OLPC. What do you mean by ‘illogical’? How is it so… care to expound?

Also, please note that Negroponte didn’t start the price reduction trend in the industry. That has been going on for decades. None of the innovations that the OLPC came up with have been used in any mainstream netbook to reduce cost. If they had come up with a really cheap way to make LCDs that was actually adopted by the industry to reduce prices across the board, I would count that as a direct contribution or success. The fact is that their hardware/software innovations weren’t adopted by anyone and the price reduction trend overtook their ability to ship product.

If Negroponte had instead advised groups of students at the Media Lab in diverse areas such as those I have highlighted above, the net scientific/technological contribution would have probably been far greater than what was achieved by the OLPC.

]]> By: Uzair Sukhera http://www.techlahore.com/2007/10/30/sugar-needs-more-dough-olpcs-100-laptop-now-200/comment-page-1/#comment-2806 Uzair Sukhera Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:06:12 +0000 http://techlahore.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/sugar-needs-more-dough-olpcs-100-laptop-now-200/#comment-2806 It might seem logical, the way you presented, that OLPC has better alternatives at cheaper costs, yet you have overlooked a key point in the overall philosophy behind OLPC Project. Nicholas just wanted the toys given in hands of children to be different and more 'toy like'. OLPC serves to motif in the right manner! The toy shaped mini laptop has several tools that can keep the young ones busy exploring new stuff! Even if Nicholas didnt achieve his dream, he has done a great job by presenting this whole idea! Somehow, the competitors have been forced to cut down laptop prices and target the students .... In a nutshell, your suggestion that they should have done work in robotics/mechatronics etc seems illogical! It might seem logical, the way you presented, that OLPC has better alternatives at cheaper costs, yet you have overlooked a key point in the overall philosophy behind OLPC Project.

Nicholas just wanted the toys given in hands of children to be different and more ‘toy like’. OLPC serves to motif in the right manner! The toy shaped mini laptop has several tools that can keep the young ones busy exploring new stuff!

Even if Nicholas didnt achieve his dream, he has done a great job by presenting this whole idea! Somehow, the competitors have been forced to cut down laptop prices and target the students …. In a nutshell, your suggestion that they should have done work in robotics/mechatronics etc seems illogical!

]]> By: Terry S http://www.techlahore.com/2007/10/30/sugar-needs-more-dough-olpcs-100-laptop-now-200/comment-page-1/#comment-1931 Terry S Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:44:18 +0000 http://techlahore.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/sugar-needs-more-dough-olpcs-100-laptop-now-200/#comment-1931 Some very interesting and insightful thoughts. I like this.^_^ because I have a blog about laptops too. Some very interesting and insightful thoughts. I like this.^_^ because I have a blog about laptops too.

]]> By: The $100 Laptop is finally here. But it isn’t Sugar. « Tech Lahore http://www.techlahore.com/2007/10/30/sugar-needs-more-dough-olpcs-100-laptop-now-200/comment-page-1/#comment-215 The $100 Laptop is finally here. But it isn’t Sugar. « Tech Lahore Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:31:43 +0000 http://techlahore.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/sugar-needs-more-dough-olpcs-100-laptop-now-200/#comment-215 [...] years ago and after much wrangling with corporations, the loss of his CTO and other staffers, and cost over-runs, the OLPC Sugar still hasn’t quite hit that $100 number. For a while, the Pakistan Government [...] [...] years ago and after much wrangling with corporations, the loss of his CTO and other staffers, and cost over-runs, the OLPC Sugar still hasn’t quite hit that $100 number. For a while, the Pakistan Government [...]

]]> By: Hogging memory the Firefox way! « Tech Lahore http://www.techlahore.com/2007/10/30/sugar-needs-more-dough-olpcs-100-laptop-now-200/comment-page-1/#comment-214 Hogging memory the Firefox way! « Tech Lahore Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:40:48 +0000 http://techlahore.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/sugar-needs-more-dough-olpcs-100-laptop-now-200/#comment-214 [...] low-cost computing in general. We’ve discussed emerging low-cost hardware platforms like the OLPC, the Eee PC and the Cloudbook in the past. All of these machines have a few hundred megs of RAM and [...] [...] low-cost computing in general. We’ve discussed emerging low-cost hardware platforms like the OLPC, the Eee PC and the Cloudbook in the past. All of these machines have a few hundred megs of RAM and [...]

]]> By: WSJ on Pakistan’s adoption of the Intel Classmate PC, rejection of the OLPC XO « Tech Lahore http://www.techlahore.com/2007/10/30/sugar-needs-more-dough-olpcs-100-laptop-now-200/comment-page-1/#comment-213 WSJ on Pakistan’s adoption of the Intel Classmate PC, rejection of the OLPC XO « Tech Lahore Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:33:03 +0000 http://techlahore.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/sugar-needs-more-dough-olpcs-100-laptop-now-200/#comment-213 [...] catastrophe to catastrophe. Initially, they weren’t able to meet the $100 target and ended up being close to $200. Then some key countries that Mr. Negroponte was trying to win over - including Pakistan - decided [...] [...] catastrophe to catastrophe. Initially, they weren’t able to meet the $100 target and ended up being close to $200. Then some key countries that Mr. Negroponte was trying to win over – including Pakistan – decided [...]

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