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I was struck by this paragraph: "Bender began to worry that people saw the project as a hardware startup, not an educational initiative" I couldn't help but t

I was struck by this paragraph: "Bender began to worry that people saw the project as a hardware startup, not an educational initiative" I couldn't help but think of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, and how it has been successful with this regard.

pjc50 7y ago
Eben Upton was partially inspired by the failures of the OLPC project - he could see how it was indulging all sorts of tech whims and reinventing everything possible, rather than providing an effective solution using proven tech.