(2007-12-03) Hinzmann Olpc User Vs Customer

Gre Hinzmann on the fundamental Design challenge/failure of the OLPC. The end user is not the customer. (Onsite Customer) This is a big problem in Enterprise/B2B sales environments. But these customers also care about important aspects of the "WholeProduct" like service, teacher training, and future upgrades. Something OLPC cannot sufficiently address as a company with no track record. The customers also want one more important feature, a connection to an industry standard, the standard of developed nations. That standard, of course, is MsWindows... These developing countries want the same computers for the children in their schools that kids in developed countries have. That means Windows-based laptops. I Commented that Windows is a bug not a feature.