Will Greed Kill the One Child Per Laptop Program?
Things are getting ugly in the low-cost laptop sector as Intel has bowed out of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program. Citing a “philosophical impasse” (aka, their competitor AMD is providing chips for the computers) the chip maker continues to work towards creating its own expensive laptop, the Classmate.
Sounds to me like some folks who set out with a philanthropist mindset are starting to let greed and money seep into their systems.If you would extend me the privilege, I’d like to tell you what I think of the OLPC program.
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