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  • Negroponte: OLPC will not shun Microsoft

    While the news Microsoft is making progress on developing a version of Windows for the so-called $100 laptop has caused some consternation, the head of the One Laptop Per Child Foundation says the project could not promote openness if it shunned Microsoft.

  • Negroponte turns up the heat on Intel

    Intel has denied claims made by One Laptop per Child that it broke a "non-disparagement" agreement and hit back at suggestions that it did not even contribute "a single line of code" to the project.

  • Intel leaves OLPC after Classmate sale embargo

    Intel has pulled the plug on its involvement in the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, saying OLPC founder Nick Negroponte expected the chip company to stop selling its Classmate PC while it was a part of the program.

  • $100 laptop 'will be sold to the public'

    The One Laptop per Child scheme has announced that it will make its ruggedised laptops available in the US for a limited time period.

  • Microsoft dismisses dual boot OLPC

    Software giant Microsoft has said it rejected plans to develop a dual-boot iteration of Windows XP to run on One Laptop per Child XO machines, and instead is developing a version of XP specifically for the XO.

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