21 Jan
2010
21 Jan
'10
7:06 p.m.
On Wed, 20 Jan 2010, Gene Buckle wrote:
The XO is designed and built for *children* In that
aspect it does a very
good job. Under no circumstances is it "questionable design" if your adult
hands don't fit on that tiny keyboard. You're essentially taking a Fisher
Price hammer and stating the design is deficient because it doesn't do 16p
nails very well. If me pointing that out makes me a troll, well whoop de
fucking do. Gimme a hat and I'll wear it. I just call 'em like I see 'em.
There are keyboards in that size that work for both adult and child hands
(e.g. EEE PC). OLPC decided to go with a design that is known from the
1980s to be uncomfortable (e.g. the Sinclair Spectrum) and not with other,
commonly used designs that work for both adult and child-sized hands. I
call that questionable.
I bought my XO to make sure some kid somewhere got one
that maybe wouldn't
have otherwise. If you want a tiny ssh console, go buy a Pico-ITX or
Nano-ITX board and build yourself a tiny box around it.
The "Give one Get one" program seemed to me to imply that the XO would be
useful not just for a child in a 3rd world country, but for the donor as
well, which is why the gonor gets a second laptop... if it was called
"Give Two" and they both went to children then I would not be complaining.
Alexey