Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 21st May 2007 13:40 UTC, submitted by Laurence
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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RE[7]: But I don't understand
by Windows Sucks on Mon 21st May 2007 18:06
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OLPC is a non profit, why would they be thinking of "Market" They are thinking of helping people. But helping people is not free.
Intel is ONLY thinking in terms of market share (Since they will loose money at first to keep OLPC from growing)
OLPC is non-profit, but I doubt AMD is also non-profit. AMD will probably get *some* revenue -- just like everyone else involved in OLPC (no chip maker will do charity acts that involve hundreds of millions of chips without some profit).
Anyone else selling cheap laptops means less revenue for anyone behind OLPC and a good chance of dumping the whole deal.
Even if the purpose is noble and all, there's still a hefty marketing behind it. No company, let alone AMD or Intel or Microsoft, does any acts of charity without a good profit.