| OLPC remains laudable |
Nov. 16, 2007
 I've come up with an ambitious plan for my next five years. In five years I intend to be a billionaire and I'm announcing it to the world so that everyone knows.
But what if I don't make it to one billion in five years? What if I'm only worth $900 million or, oh no, $800 million?
Now some of you might be thinking, hey $800 million sounds pretty good to me, no need to be disappointed by that. Getting that close to a difficult goal is a major achievement.
Well sure, from a logical standpoint that makes sense. But you clearly haven't been paying attention to the recent outcry over the failure of the One Laptop Per Child project to meet their original goal of the $100 laptop.
A few years ago MIT's Nicholas Negroponte and the OLPC launched with the audacious goal of creating a powerful and unique laptop for the developing world that would only cost $100. However, recently the OLPC announced that the cost of their XO laptop will actually be $200 for now.
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