I think it speaks volumes of the Sugar/Linux/Open Source movement that given all this funding and laser focus on features/purpose they still can't come up with something that's usable and mostly bug free.
I'm not a hater, just disappointed that in 2008 Linux is still struggling to break into the desktop market.
given all this funding and laser focus on features/purpose
I think it would be a serious mistake -- one which this lame article encourages -- to assume that the failure of the OLPC project represents anything more than the failure of the OLPC project.
I'm no optimist about the state of Linux desktop usability, but OLPC was never focused on improving the Linux desktop. It doesn't even appear to have been focused on customers. The primary focus was on publicity and novelty.
I'm not a hater, just disappointed that in 2008 Linux is still struggling to break into the desktop market.