the political economy of olpc

While we are waiting for the eeepc, check out Erick Schonfeld‘s olpc disruptor video. Both projects raises several interesting questions about the institutional ecology of tomorrow:

– What is the best institutional framework to induce creativity?
– Does the open source development model work for hardware?
– What are the limits of Moore’s law as a cost-reduction principle?
– Will they impact the political economy of the pc industry?

About Philipp

Philipp Müller works in the IT industry and is academic dean of the SMBS. Author of "Machiavelli.net". Proud father of three amazing children. The views expressed in this blog are his own.

15. September 2007 by Philipp
Categories: Blog | 2 comments

Comments (2)

  1. nestorGR says September 16, 2007 at 1:14 am

    This is iniciative is really disruptive, and It looks like in the mexican government no one has saw their utlity integrating it for example with the content of the CCA’s (Community Centers of Learning) stablished by Tec de Monterrey and the SEDESOl of the federal government

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    nestorGR says September 16, 2007 at 1:14 am

    This is iniciative is really disruptive, and It looks like in the mexican government no one has saw their utlity integrating it for example with the content of the CCA’s (Community Centers of Learning) stablished by Tec de Monterrey and the SEDESOl of the federal government