Steve Jobs Helped Negroponte With The OLPC Laptop

Talking at the University of Pennsylvania yesterday, One Laptop per Child’s founder Nicholas Negroponte said that Steve Jobs helped in the development of the OLPC computer. Wait. What?

I got an email from Steve Jobs (the night the laptop was revealed) he said you can’t build it for a hundred dollars, and my answer was oh yes I can. He was actually a very good critic, and each time we got to a point, I did talk to him.

Surprised? I am too. It’s just too bad that Steve was right in the first place. Like our own Mark Wilson puts it:

The OLPC is such a piece of shit—the one I have here is completely misshapen from lousy production/materials, i dont know how these are supposed to last in harsher environments

I agree both on the spirit and the lettering. [The Digital LIfestyle]