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Intel Laptop Competes With One Laptop Per Child
Tracy Reed writes "According to the BBC, Intel has designed and begun marketing it's own low-cost laptop targeted at education in developing countries. 'Professor Negroponte, who aims to distribute millions of laptops to kids in developing countries, said Intel had hurt his mission "enormously". Speaking to US broadcaster CBS, Intel's chairman denied the claims. "We're not trying to drive him out of business," said Craig Barrett. "We're trying to bring capability to young people." Mr Barrett has previously dismissed the $100 laptop as a "gadget".'"
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
Intel and Microsoft are interested in replacing the OLPC (small, light, huge battery life, open, safe) with little shrunken down normal laptops. With the OLPC you get the great battery life, all the programs (and programming languages) designed to encourage learning. With the Classmate you get... Windows. And Windows software. As I see it, the OLPC is about learning about computers and getting kids interested in learning. There is a ton to like about it. The Classmate is about getting kids used to Wintel computers, and locked into the status quo. Sure, they are both "computers", but they are targeted very differently. But OLPC is not for profit but Intel can dump classmate PCs cheaper than they can be made. Anal sex or anal intercourse is a form of human sexual behavior. While there are many sexual acts involving the anus, anal cavity, sphincter valve and/or rectum, the term "anal sex" is often used to mean the insertion of the penis into the rectum. It is a form of sexual intercourse considered to be particularly risky, for a number of reasons related to the vulnerability of the tissues and the septic nature of the anus. Such relations have been documented in a wide range of cultures, from earliest times; they have also been controversial and sometimes condemned since antiquity. Anal sex is encountered among people of all sexual identities and orientations. While it is reported to occur more frequently among male couples, about 10% of heterosexual couples are said to practice it regularly.
This comment has been moderated as a troll, in spite of that it clearly is not one. You can't tell, because the troll mods are in the minority. This comment had the same thing happen to it, also clearly not a troll. I find it interesting that my comments in support of the OLPC and debunking a troll against Free Software (one which called it Open Source software, whee) are my only troll-mods today.
One wonders if the Microsoft astroturfers are branching out...
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