Note: i'm not an offical spokesperson for OLPC - this is my own small rant

A couple things people don't get about OLPC (and perhaps open source too):

The design process is out in the open - you can see the ideas, prototypes, and half baked suggestions all being discussed for everyone to see. For those used to getting their technology from someone like Apple, Nokia, or Microsoft this can be confusing - they see something discussed, and then they see OLPC change their mind... and the confused person equates this with failure. It's not, it's just the organic process by which things are designed being exposed for all to see.

And their target probably isn't you - you are not their market (i'm making assumptions about who is reading my blog). If you're sitting in a developed nation somewhere with a wad of cash in hand wanting to buy laptops for your 2.4 children, sorry. Just have a read of the start of the OLPC mission statement: To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop ..... The goal is both the poorest children (i.e. not your children) and it's mass deployment. You not being able to purchase one doesn't make it vapour ware. Every single child in Uruguay has one of these laptops. Very soon every single child in Peru wil have one also. That makes the project MASSIVELY SUCCESSFUL in my book.