$100 Laptop Program's New President May 2, 2008, 16 :30 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (4769 reads) (Other stories by David Talbot)
"This week, with orders for its laptop having failed to meet expectations--and the plunging dollar driving up the computer's purchase price--the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program installed a new president who says that he'll seek fresh industry alliances to boost the marketability of the maverick machine. OLPC was founded in 2005, with the aim of improving education in poor countries by putting cheap, rugged, low-power laptops in the hands of schoolchildren.
"Charles Kane, OLPC's finance chief and a former software company executive, is stepping into the role of president and chief operating officer following last month's resignation of president Walter Bender..."
