In addition to the physical punishment aspect, the battery life of the two systems are miles apart with the Classmate being a mere 4hrs, while the XO 10+. In situations with limited power, this is going to be a huge difference.
I would argue that situations where power is not limited (such as richer areas of Brazil), the Wintel offering will be fine-- more electrical power = more processing power.
In fact, if they can run the content offerings of OLPC (basically a python-based environment), the goals of all organizations will be met-- hardware sales + very nice educational software.
If OLPC can survive then next year or two, the market will stratify into those who have the resources to run Wintel, and those who really need the extra benefits of the OLPC (special casing, cloud networking, power management etc).
One reason why the focus is on the Indian companies is because India has an English education system, a kind legacy of British Rule.
So we go from the Boston Tea Party, to British colonization, to Indian companies dominating US commerce. The world is a funny place.
Now lets wait until the Chinese are up to speed in terms of language. Then we'll see how the protectionist and frankly anti-capitalist attitude which prevails much of this argument gets trounced.
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In addition to the physical punishment aspect, the battery life of the two systems are miles apart with the Classmate being a mere 4hrs, while the XO 10+. In situations with limited power, this is going to be a huge difference. I would argue that situations where power is not limited (such as richer areas of Brazil), the Wintel offering will be fine-- more electrical power = more processing power. In fact, if they can run the content offerings of OLPC (basically a python-based environment), the goals of all organizations will be met-- hardware sales + very nice educational software. If OLPC can survive then next year or two, the market will stratify into those who have the resources to run Wintel, and those who really need the extra benefits of the OLPC (special casing, cloud networking, power management etc).
Hey, there's a worm in my apple...
Nahhh, invading is sooo old school-- they'll just point some ballistic weapons your way and cut off your gas supply..
One reason why the focus is on the Indian companies is because India has an English education system, a kind legacy of British Rule. So we go from the Boston Tea Party, to British colonization, to Indian companies dominating US commerce. The world is a funny place. Now lets wait until the Chinese are up to speed in terms of language. Then we'll see how the protectionist and frankly anti-capitalist attitude which prevails much of this argument gets trounced.
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