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Negroponte vs Intel

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the in-this-corner dept.

Yogi_Stewart_4 writes "More OLPC/Intel love — apparently Intel used 'underhanded' tactics to try to block sales' contracts of the OLPC, trying to reach the customer directly after an agreement had been reached. "They would go in even after we had signed contracts and try to persuade government officials to scrap their contract and sign a contract with them instead. That's not a partnership." Mr Negroponte cited an example in Peru where Intel sales staff tried to persuade the country's vice-minister of education, Oscar Becerra Tresierra, to buy the Intel Classmate PC."

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  1. Re:Total Lack of Ethics by Quarters · · Score: 4, Funny

    If he ate babies there wouldn't be a market for his Classmate PC.

  2. Go Apple! by PHPfanboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Disgusting behaviour like this by Intel is why I'll never use Wintel and only buy Apple

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    1. Re:Go Apple! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      *whoosh*

  3. Re:I'm sticking with AMD by presearch · · Score: 4, Funny

    These days, AMD is running as a non-profit corporation, so you should like them twice as much.

  4. Re:Got my OLPC a few days ago by Scrameustache · · Score: 3, Funny

    The interfaces are clunky and inconsistent Well, that's gonna prepare the kids for the sad reality of life, then! ;-)
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  5. Re:Total Lack of Ethics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You meant to say he would cannibalize his market.

  6. Re:Let Intel know what you think by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Or some anthrax or mail bomb.