Intel parts ways with OLPC project

[HEXUS]

Intel abruptly withdrew from the One Laptop Per Child project today citing "philosophical" reasons.

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[pumpman]

yay go Intel , now would be an appropriate time for AMD to step in, would be good publicity for them at least.

[chrestomanci]

I think Intel have come out as the good guys on this one. According to the reports the OLPC project asked them to stop supporting other similar projects and Intel refused.

To me that sounds like OLPC where getting far to blinkered and where believing their own marketing about how OLPC is going to bring Africa out of poverty, and all the alternatives are a waste of resorce. I am not saying that OLPC is a bad thing, but competion is always good because it provides alternatives.

It is clear that the time has come for the idea of providing cheap laptops to children in developing countries. so it is only sensible for Intel and other suppliers to support all credable projects on an equal basis.

[directhex]

yay go Intel , now would be an appropriate time for AMD to step in, would be good publicity for them at least.

the olpc xo already runs amd

[just_laze]

Which is where AMDs problem lies... nobody knows what they're up to and the majority of the public don't even know they exist.