In case you folks didn't see this slashdot story yet, I thought I would post it here:<br><br><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/08/01/25/0625206.shtml">http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/08/01/25/0625206.shtml</a><br>
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<a href="http://pcworld.com/" rel="nofollow">PCWMike</a> writes to tell us about the growing concern over the <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,141790/article.html">failure of OLPC to deliver laptops</a> to some of its customers. PC World editor-in-chief Harry McCracken notes that <a href="http://blogs.pcworld.com/techlog/archives/006361.html">record-keeping was poor</a> for some of the people who paid via PayPal. A report on LinuxJournal also suggests that <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/olpc-crisis-customer-data-lost">customer information was lost</a> due to errors in the database software used by OLPC. Quoting PC World:
<i>"OLPC spokesperson Jackie Lustig acknowledges problems with the
ordering and the fulfillment process, but says the biggest challenges
are a short supply of XO laptops and the organization's ability to meet
consumer demand for the XO laptop. Some also wonder whether chronic
delivery problems for Give One, Get One donors may bode poorly for the
15 countries slated to receive nearly 500,000 XO notebooks. Lustig says
delivering in bulk to just over a dozen countries is infinitely simpler
than processing and delivering 80,000 individual laptops."</i></div><br>My apologies if someone has already posted this link to this list.<br>