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Intel joins forces with $100 laptop project for poor children mongabay.com July 13, 2007
Microsoft had a similar change of heart last year, with Bill Gates initially skeptical of the rugged computer, then later saying he supported project founder Nicholas Negroponte of the MIT Media Laboratory. Microsoft has said it would soon introduce a $3 version of the Windows operating system for poor countries.
So far the governments of Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Pakistan, Thailand, Nigeria and Libya have agreed to pay about $175 for each OLPC laptop, though the price is eventually expected to approach its $100 target. Some American computer manufacturers have expressed concern that OLPC laptops could end up in U.S. schools, creating fierce competition in the domestic PC market. The laptop has faced other criticism, notably from some development experts who say that developing countries should not be asked to foot the bill for what is an unproven technology. Nevertheless the OLPC computer has won acclaim from the U.N. and the U.S. state department. Intel has launched its own low-cost computing initiative deep in the Amazon rainforest. Comments? News options
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