Comment Policy Blunder (Score 2, Insightful) 137
+1 on other remarks that it was not a technical issue
I'd say it was more than marketing, though. It was more along the lines of policy. I think they had an (barely) underlying agenda that this was not about the United States but about trying to bring the world on the same level technically.
I tried to talk with them about buying batches of computers for disadvantaged kids I work with in the US. These kids have no possibility of having their own computer, either. Some of them would also use it as a lighting device since they have no power at times to their house/apartment. But there was no interest on their part.
There are probably 1000s of organizations in the US that would buy 10 or 100 or 500 low-cost computers and would be willing to understand that there isn't much technical support from the seller at those low prices.
They made a really basic miscalculation about the potential audience for the machine.
I'd say it was more than marketing, though. It was more along the lines of policy. I think they had an (barely) underlying agenda that this was not about the United States but about trying to bring the world on the same level technically.
I tried to talk with them about buying batches of computers for disadvantaged kids I work with in the US. These kids have no possibility of having their own computer, either. Some of them would also use it as a lighting device since they have no power at times to their house/apartment. But there was no interest on their part.
There are probably 1000s of organizations in the US that would buy 10 or 100 or 500 low-cost computers and would be willing to understand that there isn't much technical support from the seller at those low prices.
They made a really basic miscalculation about the potential audience for the machine.
