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Intel Resigns from One Laptop Per Child Project

Posted by Soulskill on from the taking-their-toys-and-going-home dept.

theodp writes "Reportedly angered by the One Laptop Per Child project's demand that it curtail work on its Classmate PC and other cheap laptops, Intel has resigned from the project's board and canceled plans for an Intel-based OLPC laptop. Intel's withdrawal from the project comes less than six months after the chip-making giant earned kudos for agreeing to contribute funding and join the board of OLPC. It's the latest blow to the OLPC, whose CTO quit earlier this week to launch a for-profit company to commercialize her OLPC inventions."

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  1. Re:OLPC == Scam by denzacar · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Salvation Army is working on a cheap laptop for children too?

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  2. Intel usually pretty smart by Gothmolly · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Is this confirmation that the whole OLPC thing is a bad idea?

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  3. Re:FPFPFPFP by Lord+Apathy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No he has a damn good point that most fuckers are not willing to listen too. This is a feel good project that does nothing. The money spent on this BS could be put to much better use than buying a craptop that has no support and is for all practially useless. That 150 bucks for this shittop could pay for a clean water supply for an area. Seeds and fertilizer for a village to feed it for 2 years.

    For what you pay for one of these ... toys ... could be put to much better uses.

    Yeah, in my prevous posts I'm against almost all aid to africa but that doesn't change the fact that this money if its going to africa could be put to much better uses.

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