Intel has finally had its say on One Laptop Per Child. The company has announced that they have taken a step back from the non-profit organization’s low-cost laptop. OLPC and Intel joined in July. After declining a request to abandon its Classmate PC program, India called it off.
An Intel spokesman said, “The company shared with O.L.P.C. the vision of putting computers into the hands of children, but the two were not able to work out.” He described the differences as “philosophical impasse”.
It was noticed that Intel stayed away from recent board meeting. Chuck Mulloy, the Intel spokesman, expressed “Negroponte had asked us to exclusively support O.L.P.C.-based platforms.â€
On the other hand, O.L.P.C. executive, Walter Bender, mentioned, “Intel of failing to deliver on its promises of cooperation with the group and said that Intel had continued to try to undermine the group’s initiatives.”
Intel commented to prove its position, “Intel was unwilling to walk away from support agreements that the company had made for that machine and other systems. The company also maintained that they were able to develop a prototype of an XO laptop with its chip.
According to reports, Intel executive collaborated with the group’s board has contributed an undisclosed amount to the organization. Furthermore, the company has continued to compete actively with the XO computer to make educational computing sales to governments.
OLPC is been sold for $200, which is double the price of the suggested $100.
Now, no more Intel-based processor for Xo laptop. I wonder what would be the next step!
