Globalizer

   personally thinking, OLPC (one laptop per child) is a great project, not only for the initiate purpose, but for the innovative product as well. a small regret is the price, not $100 at all.

   in order to listen to others' opinion on OLPC. I did an experiment in second life using our robot GENIE1.

   What GENIE1 showed to SL avatars?

   How SL avatars think about OLPC?

Object-Name: Genie1Region: mobit (277504, 266496)Local-Position: (189, 194, 27) 2007-11-23  14:35:34: amr Ahmed rates 'OLPC' a 7!

Region: Sandbox Cordova (255744, 255232)Local-Position: (95, 82, 21)2007-11-24  04:32:41: Rasputin Heslop rates 'OLPC' a 8!

Region: Sandbox Goguen (255488, 255232)Local-Position: (43, 92, 21)2007-11-24  06:39:06: Guitargeek73 Hutchinson rates 'OLPC' a 7!

Region: Sandbox Island Extension (254464, 255232)Local-Position: (157, 151, 26)2007-11-24  07:49:04: simarakazo2 Zagoskin rates 'OLPC' a 8!

Region: Skidz Isle (253952, 286720)Local-Position: (43, 143, 21)2007-11-24  08:39:46: Niko Short rates 'OLPC' a 10!

Region: Skidz Isle (253952, 286720)Local-Position: (32, 136, 21) 2007-11-24  09:33:43: Niko Short rates 'OLPC' a 10!, 2007-11-24  10:53:16: Rosski McCallen rates 'OLPC' a 1!

Region: WD2 (275456, 300032)Local-Position: (214, 234, 22) 2007-11-25  10:29:06: BambiPage Paine rates 'OLPC' a 6!, 2007-11-25  10:57:22: Oxil Winkler rates 'OLPC' a 3!

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  overall, people have a good impression on OLPC. does this result match the survey in real world? welcome drop me a note

  finally, thank all the participated avatars very much! I hope my GENIE1 robot brings some fresh air to your second life!

   I know a french friend. he used to study in a Hong Kong university. then he worked in china for a french company. not long ago, he started up a business to find low cost chinese engineering service provider for french manufacturing companies. he tells me drawing a CAD picture is very expensive in france. many french companies are looking for outsourcing opportunities in china. but many chinese companies can't speak french at all. so he thinks he can be a good brokerage for this kind of business. recently, he told me his business plan has won a prize in a business competition in paris. Congratulations, buddy!

   My friend case points out one typical barrier for business globalization. that is language! I never hide that I am an advocate of globalization because I think globalization can really bring a fair business competition ecosystem. but culture conflict stops globalization progress. language as an aspect of culture is definitely a reason. today, I read an article from fast company. the topic is how language can affect global marketing. it's worth reading!

……"Language is becoming a competitive advantage," he said. "If you can deliver your product in a way that looks like it was developed in that country, you have a competitive advantage." Statistics reveal that English is less dominant on the Internet than it used to be, with languages like Chinese, Japanese and Spanish gaining increasingly significant ground…..

   However, I should remind every company. don't polarize your marketing language:completely arrogant as a foreign language or blindly localizing everything! all are wrong. start from your target users, then spread your product/service in a language your users prefer!