OLPC対intel

ニコラス・ネグロポンテOLPCAMDのチップを使っているのに対抗する形でintel発展途上国の学校向けに格安のclassmate PCを発表している。ネグロポンテ発展途上国各国からの受注を取るため東奔西走しているがOLPCプロジェクトは始まる前から失敗する危機に面している。またintelはここに来てEee PCを出したことでOLPCに対する攻勢をさらに強めている。いずれにせよネグロポンテの子供ひとりに一台のコンピュータという構想は皮肉な形で実現することになりそうだ。

The laptop has been dubbed the Eee PC - and will sit alongside Intel's Classmate which is also aimed at the developing world. The partnership with Asustek is the latest twist in a developing battle between the chipmaker and rival group, the One Laptop per Child foundation. Both plan to offer sub-$200 laptops.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6723741.stm

Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project was featured last night on the popular CBS news program "60 Minutes." Prototypes of the AMD-powered OLPC laptops running Linux are now being tested by schoolchildren in Brazil and elsewhere. "60 Minutes" also reported on the problems caused the humanitarian project from what Negroponte described as "predatory" efforts by Intel to compete with OLPC with its own low-cost laptop, the Classmate PC.

http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/05/21/140236