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mike b · 01-10-2007, 01:35 PM

The real reason the iliad will die will be the OLPC. Nice engineering particularly as regards power management and displays.

http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastruc...10902326NWHWEV

If not the OLPC itself, I'm sure some clever duck will take the ideas and apply them to a useful product.

My company has an iliad on order (I'll be stuck with it) but looks like it isn't going to impress a soul given what I've been reading here. In fact, I'm trying to get the order cancelled but the only thing slower than Irex is the reaction time of our procurement people.

01-10-2007, 01:35 PM	#95
mike b Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2007	Latest OLPC news ... another nail in the iliad coffin The real reason the iliad will die will be the OLPC. Nice engineering particularly as regards power management and displays. http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastruc...10902326NWHWEV If not the OLPC itself, I'm sure some clever duck will take the ideas and apply them to a useful product. My company has an iliad on order (I'll be stuck with it) but looks like it isn't going to impress a soul given what I've been reading here. In fact, I'm trying to get the order cancelled but the only thing slower than Irex is the reaction time of our procurement people.