Date: 2007-09-15
Wayan Vota writes, "A Missing OLPC Product: One Printer Per School". I wonder. Think about when we use paper:
- When we're accustomed to reading on paper. The target children don't have decades of reading paper to readjust from.
- When we want to read on the beach, etc., and our computers can't handle it. The OLPC is portable, sand and water proof, and sunlight readable.
- When we need to give information to someone. The OLPC automatically networks to other OLPCs and doesn't support DRM or incompatible corporate file formats. So this need is reduced to giving information to those without an OLPC.
My conclusion: not much need.
And then consider the cost of paper. Not much, you say? I think it was Paul Graham who pointed out that the poor don't realize how much it costs to be rich and the rich don't realize how little the poor really have. If you don't think you're rich compared to the OLPC's target market, see globalrichlist.com.
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