Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 21st May 2007 13:40 UTC, submitted by Laurence
Hardware, Embedded Systems Chip-maker Intel "should be ashamed of itself" for efforts to undermine the USD 100 laptop initiative, according to its founder Nicholas Negroponte. He accused Intel of selling its own cut-price laptop - the Classmate - below cost to drive him out of markets. Professor Negroponte, who aims to distribute millions of laptops to kids in developing countries, said Intel had hurt his mission "enormously".
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But I don't understand
by Budd on Mon 21st May 2007 13:49 UTC
Budd
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2005-07-08

If everything is for a good cause, why scream? One way or another, children from poor countries will get a computer. Be it from OLPC or Intel. As a child I wouldn't have my metabolism affected by this.