11:38AM Jesus Diaz | Nicholas Negroponte has started a bitch-fight against Intel because, according to him, they are trying to drive him out of business by underpricing their OLPC rival, the Classmate. He says that Intel “should be ashamed of itself” arguing that by bringing a low-cost laptop to developing countries, they hurt “his mission enormously.” His mission. Intel’s Chairman Craig Barrett calls the notion “crazy.” I’m going to go a step further and say that Negroponte’s arguments are absolutely stupid. Clickity-clack on the jump to see more about the OLPC vs Classmate clash.
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