[Marketing] NYT: Nonprofit Laptops: A Dream Not Yet Over

[Sean DALY]

I have written to the author. Article in print in Monday's edition if
I understand correctly :-(


On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
> I too am astonished to see such a thing in print.
>
> The writer is not the usual NYT beat reporter, she has the design
> angle and clearly took online shortcuts instead of actually talking to
> people. And online, that meme will continue in zombielike fashion
> until there are enough articles telling the truth.
>
> I will try to contact the writer. If the article was in the print
> edition, I will write a correction letter to the editor.
>
> Sean
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Gary C Martin <gary at garycmartin.com> wrote:
>> Hi Sean,
>>
>> On 8 Nov 2009, at 16:54, Sean DALY wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/arts/09iht-design9.html?_r=1
>>
>>
>> Not too bad an article for OLPC (but no mention of Sugar or educational
>> content). One hugely inaccurate, frustrating, and grating statement:
>>
>> "Yet lots of people seem to want OLPC to flop. ... Techies have said it
>> wouldn’t work and raged when OLPC replaced its bespoke operating system with
>> one of Microsoft’s."
>>
>> How do we kill this false meme? Where do Journalists keep picking it up
>> from?
>>
>> Regards,
>> --Gary
>>
>>
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