CherryPal: A New Cool Thing ™?
If I read about it on Slashdot, it must be true…check out the cool new toy I want. I’m a little bit afraid given their sketchy URL but for $250 it does have all the right buzzwords: green, cloud, and open source. Plus, I’m tired of our desktop replacement program. It just seems wasteful. Every 4 years we haul away a bunch of computers as a preemptive strike against having to fix them…why? I understand about reducing tech support needs, but there should be a better way.
Sukey said:
Jul 23, 08 at 4:23 amThey have a Linux version of itunes from what I’ve read.
You have to view ads when waiting for programs to load, though, through an agreement Cherrypal made to offset the $250 cost.
It’s supposed to be used in k-12 schools – but I don’t think the ‘captive audience viewing ads’ thing will go over well with some teachers. Not that schools haven’t sold their souls before to Channel One TV.
admin said:
Jul 24, 08 at 4:50 pmokay, now I’m back to just want a one laptop per child laptop….if they’re still being made.
Sukey said:
Jul 25, 08 at 5:55 pmWell, the BitFrost security system on the laptops will report back to the One-laptop-foundation everything you do on the laptop – from what I’ve heard at this workshop at the hacker conference I went to recently.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-9995207-83.html
The guy who developed BitFrost, Ivan Krstic quit OLPC and blogged about it in this famous post “Sic Transit Gloria Laptopi”
http://radian.org/notebook/sic-transit-gloria-laptopi