Re: [SLUG] [Fwd: Give One Get One starts today!]

[Rev Simon Rumble <simon@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This one time, at band camp, Simon Males wrote:

> This is the only time we're making the XO laptop
> available to the public and quantities are limited,

I have to say, this really does seem like a boneheaded idea.  Surely 
it's in their interest to have loads of geeks buying these machines.  

First it gets the volumes up, which brings the prices down and makes 
the whole thing viable -- hell, they can even (as they are now) put a 
substantial markup on it.  Second it creates a community of people 
hacking on it, scratching itches and generally helping out.  Sure, they 
might not all have an educational focus, but so what?

-- 
Rev Simon Rumble <simon@xxxxxxxxxx>
www.rumble.net

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