John Dvorak
John Dvorak, noted industry curmudgeon, has taken an intense dislike to the OLPC XO. Nobody knows why, because the reasons he gives in his columns don't make sense. %<[
Dvorak
- The woeful tale of the $100 laptop The true cost of a futile effort to equip the Third World Nov. 15, 2006
Responses
Pro OLPC, anti Dvorak
- Dvorak: falling for Intel, MS, OLPC line December 11th, 2007
- Dvorak's Mind Share Shame: Junk Computers "To the surprise of some, this is where I disagree with Dvorak and actually completely agree with OLPC." Wayan Vota, November 18, 2006.
Pro Dvorak, anti OLPC
- PCMags Dvorak Sees OLPC As Elitist Insult 06 December 2007
Pro OLPC, not needing to reference Dvorak at all
- John Dvorak should just go ask Rufus. The experience of this ten year-old boy in England, using one of the first XO laptops, says it all more eloquently than any adult could.
- I hereby publicly challenge Mr. Dvorak to a dual: Give me an XO, a hand crank generator and a decent internet connetion. Give Mr. Dvorak $100 worth of rice (long grain, instant, puffed, or wild (his choice)). OK, $180 worth of rice. Drop us each into a remote area such as an African rain forest. Let's see who can survive the longest. This would be a dual to death - the one who lives the longest wins. I believe the old adage, "give someone a fish (or a bag of rice) and you feed them for a day; teach someone to fish and you feed them for the rest of their life", applies here. Mr. Dvorak, put your life where your mouth is - put up or shut up. What do you say, Mr. Dvorak? $180 worth of rice versus the world's online knowledge base and the world's OLPC community support. I await your reply. [Note: I am a meek and mild mannered 142 lb electrical engineer with limited survival skills, but I am VERY serious about this challenge.] --pkv
PS Feel free to invite the Chairman of Intel and Mr. Bill Gates to accompany you - they could act as your second.
