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Nice commentary, Chris!
Of course, OLPC is a success for the very reasons that you state -- it has generated competition among the for-profit players in the industry, which is the best way to bring costs down. It is unfortunate though that Nicholas Negroponte has now taken a defensive stance.

Instead of embracing, for the sake of underprivileged third-world school children, the market power of all those who would participate, he decides who can take part in OLPC and then criticizes those who think they can do a better job when they offer third-world governments a cost-effective alternative to the XO.
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Nice commentary, Chris!  mwagner@... | 05/22/07
If he really cares about the children why does he care who provides the tec  dosmastr@... | 05/22/07
WHY COMPETITION?  janvanasselt@... | 05/22/07
Competition makes technology affordable  mrdatahs ZDNet Moderator | 05/22/07
Cooperation is great  ajole | 05/23/07
Intel doesn't want to compete  charbax@... | 05/25/07

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