What's With the OLPC Hate?
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| But either way attacking the OLPC doesn't make much sense to me. We all
| should want to see it succeed, both for the good it will bring to children
| around the world and for the technological advancements it will bring to all
| of us.
|
| Come to think of it, my goal to be a billionaire seems pretty selfish when
| compared to the goals of the OLPC. I think I'll instead set a goal to make
| the world better for as many people as I can.
|
| No one can criticize that, can they?
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http://etech.eweek.com/content/desktops_and_notebooks/whats_with_the_olpc_hate.html
Tell this to Microsoft and Intel. These two corrupted companies attacked the
OLPC very viciously. They want money, not humanity.
Microsoft and Intel already manipulate the media and try to bury the PR damage.
Related:
Poor Kids' Laptop Cranks Up
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| Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates earlier this year told the Microsoft
| Government Leaders Forum, "Geez, get a decent computer where you can
| actually read the text and you?re not sitting there cranking the thing
| while you're trying to type" (see Bill Gates Mocks $100 Laptop).
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http://www.redherring.com/article.aspx?a=17302
One Laptop Per Child - Production Delays Caused By Microsoft, Intel?
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| I sincerely hope that no matter what the people who are running the
| OLPC project decide, that their project will continue and not get
| bogged down in a play of corporate greed and ambitions.
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http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/blade/2007/04/28/one-laptop-per-child-production-delays-caused-by-microsoft-intel/
Negroponte says Intel should be "ashamed of itself"
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| He is furious that Intel's CEO Craig Barrett called the One Laptop a
| gadget. The Negroponte initiative is caught in the middle of a vicious
| fight between AMD and Intel, he said.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39733
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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
Which laptop per child?
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| The chipmaking giant Intel is accused of damaging the non-profit scheme to
| provide cheap laptops for the developing world. It says it's helping.
|
| [...]
|
| It is not the first time that Intel has been accused of using its
| near monopoly to overpower rivals - for example, it is being
| investigated by the European Commission over allegations of
| anti-competitive behaviour. AMD, Intel's only major rival and
| the company which supplies the chips inside the XO-1, did not
| waste an opportunity to go on the offensive.
|
| "What we have here is an infinitely powerful monopoly
| metaphorically threatening to break the kneecaps of a non-profit
| if it doesn't 'get in line'," wrote AMD spokesman Michael
| Silverman in a letter published on the Barron's website.
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http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2091248,00.html
Merrill: Intel's More Interested In Crushing AMD Than Improving Margins
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| They think that Intel is a lot more interested in reducing AMD to
| its former status than in showing much gross margin improvementt
| his year.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070309/29149_id.html?.v=1
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!
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http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060930232710&mode=expanded
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