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> OLPC did, and that had a lot of credible backing and resources

OLPC had massive resources but it had such an arrogant "leader/founder", Nick Negroponte that it was doomed to failure. I can't believe this guy still suggests that journalists should describe him as the father of the netbook and tablet computing now.

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OLPC did for Netbooks what Raspberry Pi did for Single Board Computers, essentially creating a new & much larger market for devices that existed, but had been priced much higher before either of those entrants had entered the market.

I don't think this upstart will see much success though, as the price point is out of reach for most locals. Refurbishing laptops en masse for less than half the cost would likely get more powerful hardware into the hands of notably more people as compared to buying new hardware from an ODM.

Are you kidding me? First of all, the OLPC did not create the netbook market, capitalism did. Secondly this is a great project because he probably plans on trying to locally source the construction of the laptops.

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