Comments on: One Laptop Per Child, They Will Fail… http://blog.hostgator.com/2008/01/31/one-laptop-per-child-they-will-fail/ The official HostGator Company blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jermar monuments http://blog.hostgator.com/2008/01/31/one-laptop-per-child-they-will-fail/#comment-17781 jermar monuments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:43:00 +0000 http://blog.hostgator.com/2008/01/31/one-laptop-per-child-they-will-fail/#comment-17781 Nice blog dear I like the way as you present your view among the all visitors. I would like to join you again on this blog it’s a very nice visit on this blog. It’s very attractive and effective for visitors. <a href="http://www.jermarmonuments.com/" rel="nofollow">Affordable Headstones</a> | <a href="http://www.jermarmonuments.com/" rel="nofollow">Affordable Headstones Monuments</a> Nice blog dear I like the way as you present your view among the all visitors. I would like to join you again on this blog it’s a very nice visit on this blog. It’s very attractive and effective for visitors. Affordable Headstones | Affordable Headstones Monuments

]]> By: Caresse http://blog.hostgator.com/2008/01/31/one-laptop-per-child-they-will-fail/#comment-16069 Caresse Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:00:04 +0000 http://blog.hostgator.com/2008/01/31/one-laptop-per-child-they-will-fail/#comment-16069 As with many things these days it was a great idea As with many things these days it was a great idea

]]> By: JJ http://blog.hostgator.com/2008/01/31/one-laptop-per-child-they-will-fail/#comment-13750 JJ Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:33:25 +0000 http://blog.hostgator.com/2008/01/31/one-laptop-per-child-they-will-fail/#comment-13750 Joe, I hope you aren't serious. A modified version of OS X underpinned by UNIX would be damn hard to beat for rugged laptops distributed to dirt poor countries where updates, tech support, and virus protection would not exactly be easy to come by. These are places where kids have likely never seen a computer before. A clean Mac interface would be infinitely more intuitive than any corporate ware Microsoft might come up with. Your ilk can smirk at Apple's pop image all you want, but their products are proof that they know how to make solid stuff that humans can pick up and use. It's hilarious that people still equate efficiency and a sparse UI with deficiency. It's much harder to perfect a simple approach than to just cram all kinds of bloated, thoughtless features into a box. (Who am I kidding? You're probably the same guy who thinks the Beatles are overrated because their solos weren't complicated enough.) Joe, I hope you aren’t serious. A modified version of OS X underpinned by UNIX would be damn hard to beat for rugged laptops distributed to dirt poor countries where updates, tech support, and virus protection would not exactly be easy to come by.

These are places where kids have likely never seen a computer before. A clean Mac interface would be infinitely more intuitive than any corporate ware Microsoft might come up with. Your ilk can smirk at Apple’s pop image all you want, but their products are proof that they know how to make solid stuff that humans can pick up and use.

It’s hilarious that people still equate efficiency and a sparse UI with deficiency. It’s much harder to perfect a simple approach than to just cram all kinds of bloated, thoughtless features into a box. (Who am I kidding? You’re probably the same guy who thinks the Beatles are overrated because their solos weren’t complicated enough.)

]]> By: Vikas Gupta http://blog.hostgator.com/2008/01/31/one-laptop-per-child-they-will-fail/#comment-13383 Vikas Gupta Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:24:25 +0000 http://blog.hostgator.com/2008/01/31/one-laptop-per-child-they-will-fail/#comment-13383 We should donate some money however little it may be. I recently donated a mere 1000 Rupees to UNESCO despite my poor budget and I feel happy!:) That one laptop per child scheme in India was a miserable failure! We should donate some money however little it may be. I recently donated a mere 1000 Rupees to UNESCO despite my poor budget and I feel happy!:)

That one laptop per child scheme in India was a miserable failure!

]]> By: Andre Rahming http://blog.hostgator.com/2008/01/31/one-laptop-per-child-they-will-fail/#comment-8515 Andre Rahming Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:21:05 +0000 http://blog.hostgator.com/2008/01/31/one-laptop-per-child-they-will-fail/#comment-8515 Hey, Well thats cool that you care about children etc. And also I live in the Bahamas! Hey,
Well thats cool that you care about children etc. And also I live in the Bahamas!

]]> By: HostGator Donates $25k To One Laptop Per Child « Hosting Heartbeat http://blog.hostgator.com/2008/01/31/one-laptop-per-child-they-will-fail/#comment-4754 HostGator Donates $25k To One Laptop Per Child « Hosting Heartbeat Fri, 30 May 2008 18:20:04 +0000 http://blog.hostgator.com/2008/01/31/one-laptop-per-child-they-will-fail/#comment-4754 [...] is a bit old, but HostGator donated $25,000 to the one laptop per child fund. I really like the OLP initiative, but as HostGator points out, the initiative has been bogged down [...] [...] is a bit old, but HostGator donated $25,000 to the one laptop per child fund. I really like the OLP initiative, but as HostGator points out, the initiative has been bogged down [...]

]]> By: Jeremy Steele http://blog.hostgator.com/2008/01/31/one-laptop-per-child-they-will-fail/#comment-3732 Jeremy Steele Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:48:47 +0000 http://blog.hostgator.com/2008/01/31/one-laptop-per-child-they-will-fail/#comment-3732 As with many things these days it was a great idea, but a poor execution. They should tie it off and move on. As with many things these days it was a great idea, but a poor execution. They should tie it off and move on.

]]> By: syikin http://blog.hostgator.com/2008/01/31/one-laptop-per-child-they-will-fail/#comment-3638 syikin Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:38:30 +0000 http://blog.hostgator.com/2008/01/31/one-laptop-per-child-they-will-fail/#comment-3638 Ouch! I would certainly feel that way when my donation is not appreciated. The organisation should have handled it professionally if they wish to have more donors coming back. But in this case... well.. its up to them to bring back their reputation Ouch! I would certainly feel that way when my donation is not appreciated.

The organisation should have handled it professionally if they wish to have more donors coming back. But in this case… well.. its up to them to bring back their reputation

]]> By: Nonu http://blog.hostgator.com/2008/01/31/one-laptop-per-child-they-will-fail/#comment-3405 Nonu Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:53:38 +0000 http://blog.hostgator.com/2008/01/31/one-laptop-per-child-they-will-fail/#comment-3405 I totally agree with Dave..$25,000 is not a small amount to be ignored. They have just shown mishandling with donors. I just wonder if the whole money is really going to the needy? This is a kind of misbehavior and I wonder how they will be handling donations smaller than that..! I totally agree with Dave..$25,000 is not a small amount to be ignored. They have just shown mishandling with donors. I just wonder if the whole money is really going to the needy? This is a kind of misbehavior and I wonder how they will be handling donations smaller than that..!

]]> By: Dave http://blog.hostgator.com/2008/01/31/one-laptop-per-child-they-will-fail/#comment-3191 Dave Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:23:36 +0000 http://blog.hostgator.com/2008/01/31/one-laptop-per-child-they-will-fail/#comment-3191 Hi Brent Totally understandable. 25 thousand dollars is allot of money and it is important that if you are donating it,you feel it is going to a good cause. If they cannot reply to an email correctly. One can only imagine how they handle the distribution of that 25 thousand dollars.. Hi Brent

Totally understandable. 25 thousand dollars is allot of money and it is important that if you are donating it,you feel it is going to a good cause.

If they cannot reply to an email correctly. One can only imagine how they handle the distribution of that 25 thousand dollars..

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