:Why Microsoft and Intel Tried to Kill the XO $100 Laptop
Why Microsoft and Intel Tried to Kill the XO $100 Laptop Aug 12, 2008, 13 :33 UTC (1 Talkback[s]) (7422 reads) (Other stories by Bryan Appleyard)
"Negroponte and his young staff are older and wiser. They were stunned by the savagery of the competition they faced – competition plainly intended to destroy a philanthropic idea. “I had wildly underestimated,” says Negroponte, “the degree to which commercial entities will go to disrupt a humanitarian project.”"
