I suspect that it was probably a mistake to call it a 'laptop' because most of the critics have made the assumption that the OLPC XO is simply a cheaper version of a regular laptop - or if it isn't then it should be.

It really is nothing like a regular laptop, nor is the software much like the software on a laptop.

Perhaps the naysayers could take a longer look at the device and think outside of the laptop box. It could as well have been called 'One Library Per Child' or 'One Laboratory Per Child'.

Technically, I think that the OLPC XO contains some really interesting innovations that I hope can be migrated into our world. For example: the screen technology, the power management strategy, mesh networking, the physical robustness of the unit, its ease of field repair and the Sugar UI. Oh, and it is cheap to manufacture too.

Maybe it won't be successful for its intended purpose - I think and hope that it will be successful- but even if it fails we will all benefit from the innovations that the OLPC has made.