Looks like Intel is pulling out of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program. The OLPC, a noble endeavor and the brainchild of MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte, promised to provide, just as the name implies, one laptop per child all over the world. Evidently, Mr. Negroponte expected Intel to end its support of non-OLPC programs, which also produced low-cost laptops for sale to the general public.
I get the feeling Intel’s business ventures were undercutting Negroponte’s altruism. What does it matter where the laptops come from, as long as they get into the hands of people who need them (and not necessarily just children)?
Shameful!
The OLPC organization needs to reassess the reason it got into this business in the first place!
Tags: Intel, laptop, Negroponte, OLPC
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