[Its.an.education.project] Microsoft

Kevin Cole kevin.cole at gallaudet.edu
Mon May 19 23:57:16 CEST 2008


On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 1:04 PM, Pamela Jones <pj2 at groklaw.net> wrote:

> That's not comparable.  OLPC was always frank that it was a target price,
> depending upon volume.  Had Intel/Microsoft not interfered with the volume,
> likely the target would have been reached and likely will at some point
> anyway.
>
> This is quoting a figure that is either true or not true at the time it is
> quoted.
>
> Don't let all the FUD about the XO join your permanent memory bank.

Ah.  I never fear to show my ignorance in public.  While I realized
that OLPC was talking about a target price, I had assumed (rather than
investigated) that the SD card business was a similar sort of
statement.  My mistake.  Sorry 'bout that, chief.


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