Comments on: The $100 laptop http://rc3.org/2005/12/04/the-100-laptop/ Rafe Colburn on software development (and other topics) Sun, 20 May 2012 12:40:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Pat Berry http://rc3.org/2005/12/04/the-100-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-528 Pat Berry Mon, 05 Dec 2005 17:25:47 +0000 http://rc3.org/wordpress/?p=7244#comment-528 <p>Because even though this is a technical idea, it is not a technical project. It's a social project. It's big, bold, ambitious and undoubtedly will run into all the problems that people say/think it will. That is no reason not to move forward. In social project you are not going to be able "discover and address issues" like you would in a technical project.</p> <p>I guess I like that they are trying to get something done. If they make their project flexible and adaptable they will be able to address the issues that they haven't already planned for.</p> <p>I mean, think back in our own history at some of the large social projects we launched. If we had not gone forward until all the kinks were hammered out we would, to this day, still be with programs like Social Security.</p> Because even though this is a technical idea, it is not a technical project. It’s a social project. It’s big, bold, ambitious and undoubtedly will run into all the problems that people say/think it will. That is no reason not to move forward. In social project you are not going to be able “discover and address issues” like you would in a technical project.

I guess I like that they are trying to get something done. If they make their project flexible and adaptable they will be able to address the issues that they haven’t already planned for.

I mean, think back in our own history at some of the large social projects we launched. If we had not gone forward until all the kinks were hammered out we would, to this day, still be with programs like Social Security.

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