Changes at OLPC

I wouldn't say that it is a dead end. Dynamic organizations go through lots of changes and
people come and go as they agree with or disagree with those changes. OLPC will have to
constantly change to meet a world where part prices fluctuate, funding comes and goes, and
competitors will try to undercut your prices because they could lose revenue on higher priced
computers.

I say this because I remember the same thing being said of Red Hat in every year since 1997 as
various people came and/or left the company. Organizations that do not change are dead-ends..
although inertia from size can keep them going for a long time.. small companies do not have
that size and 'die' quickly. Change can also kill a company if it is not quick enough or not
the right change.. but most of the time it can only been seen in hindsight (because you will
always find lots of people who will say that the decision you are making is the wrong one
because of this or that reason.. and they will tell you that when they are proved right. They
don't do it as often when they are proved wrong.)