It is my impression that both Stallman and Negroponte have completely lost the plot on the OLPC. Surely, the whole point of the project was to deliver an educat

It is my impression that both Stallman and Negroponte have completely lost the plot on the OLPC. Surely, the whole point of the project was to deliver an educational tool to children - in particular the children of the poor who would otherwise be denied access to good teaching and effective learning experiences. It looks to me that Negroponte just wants to ship boxes and somehow "beat" competitors in the new ultra low cost market that the OLPC has created. Stallman just wants it to use software that meets his definition of "free". All focus on education seems to have been lost. I had strong doubts about the educational value of the project up front but without that component being the most important then the project has lost it's purpose. Simply making "third world" children familiar with XP or a Linux distro does not seem worth the effort - the project needs to re-evaluate itself and focus again on it's original stated goal.