Does Intel fear $100 laptops?
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| The briefing also underscored that this is likely to be one cool computer.
| The machine, which OLPC aims ultimately to price at $100, is called the XO.
|
| [...]
|
| But there's no question that Intel hates the XO, primarily, it
| seems, because it is powered by a low-end microprocessor from AMD.
| Negroponte says "we can't compete" with an offer like Intel's,
| although OLPC hasn't lost any countries yet. OLPC aims for huge
| purchase agreements lest its marketing costs skyrocket and with
| that the price of the XO.
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http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/27/technology/fastforward_xo.fortune/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote
AMD Closes $2.2B Sale of Senior Notes
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| Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said Friday it closed the sale of
| $2.2 billion in 6 percent convertible senior notes due 2015.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070427/amd_notes_offering.html?.v=1
The more expensive OLPC with Windows support is most likely designated for US
schools, which help the project as a whole (lower production costs). Other
countries have already chosen XO (Fedora).
Related:
At Davos: citizenship, apostasy and $100 laptops
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| Nicholas Negroponte, longtime director of MIT's Media Lab, was toting
| around a working version of his so-called "$100 laptop" (which will
| initially cost about $150). Everyone from Michael Dell to Google's
| Vint Cerf was seen playing with it. The little green-and-white computer
| is so sexy that many pronounced it "cooler than the iPhone."
|
| [...]
|
| The featured speaker at the digital divide session was Intel
| Chairman Craig Barrett, who has been outspokenly critical of
| Negroponte's laptop, in part because it is based on a processor
| chip from arch-rival AMD. Intel at Davos was trying to
| strike back by showing its own green-and-white "Classmate PC,"
| which is considerably more expensive and whose clunkiness prompted
| no iPhone comparisons.
|
| Barrett and Negroponte traded barbs in which each accused the other
| of caring more about marketing than children. Then AMD President
| Andre Richard made a proposal - despite their rivalry on other
| matters, the two chipmakers should cooperate on special software
| for inexpensive educational computers.
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http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/01/technology/fastforward_davos.fortune/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote
Debate widens over over deploying computers in the developing world
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| The controversy boiled over on Saturday at a meeting where Craig
| Barrett, chairman of Intel, squared off with Nicholas Negroponte,
| the former director of the MIT Media Laboratory and head of the
| nonprofit organization One Laptop Per Child, which is focusing
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| on the 1.2 billion children in the developing world.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/28/business/cheap.php
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| That software effort does not have the support of Mr. Otellini, who
| is concerned about incurring Microsoft's wrath, the executive said.
| The two companies have a long history of tension over who controls
| the hardware and software direction of the "Wintel standard." Intel
| has said it is supporting both operating systems.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/16/technology/16chip.html?ex=1177560000&en=2ef52cee6b1fb0e3&ei=5099&partner=TOPIXNEWS
Debate widens over over deploying computers in the developing world
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| The controversy boiled over on Saturday at a meeting where Craig
| Barrett, chairman of Intel, squared off with Nicholas Negroponte,
| the former director of the MIT Media Laboratory and head of the
| nonprofit organization One Laptop Per Child, which is focusing
| on the 1.2 billion children in the developing world.
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http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/28/business/cheap.php
Google did not boot AMD for Intel
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| Google's displeasure with Intel's blog gossip making its way to the
| press is evident in the company's terse statement. Such PR rumblings
| between the two companies are sure to make things uncomfortable next
| time Intel CEO Paul Otellini shows up for a Google board meeting.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/28/google_amd_xeon/
Intel: Only "Open" for Business
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| These vendors often want a quiet private discussion, because in a
| quiet private discussion they can continue to dismiss the requests and in
| the end do absolutely nothing. They do not want a noisy public
| discussion, because then they look bad. But they DESERVE TO LOOK BAD,
| because they are being bad to those who bought their hardware!
|
| [...]
|
| By withholding, Intel is being an Open Source fraud.
|
| [...]
|
| So let's win back the rights to run the hardware we purchased.
|
| Please feel free to let other open source communities know about this
| matter. Thank you.
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http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060930232710&mode=expanded
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