[SLL] OLPC

[Rob Smith]

On Jan 4, 2008 7:59 PM, Glenn Stone <technoshaman at liawol.org> wrote:
> Well, *duh*... Intel's legally bound purpose in life is to try to take over
> the wo.... err, Maximize Shareholder Value.  That means *everybody* else
> gets screwed.  Employees, customers, and sure as heck, Open Source
> projects.  Now, sure, there's been some good code out there (ee100, e.g.)
> but it's all been in the name of Sell More Hardware.  An OLPC isn't Intel
> hardware.  Therefore Intel is legally bound to detract as much from it as it
> can.  Regrettable?  yes.  Surprising?  Not in the least.

That's not really fair. Intel was quite happy to work with the OLPC
until they (OLPC) told Intel they couldn't continue with their own
project (Classmate, Started Mid 2006), which they had before they were
accepted into OLPC (Mid 2007). If OLPC had a problem with the
Classmate, why wasn't it brought up before allowing Intel to join the
group? It's not like OLPC didn't know about Intels other offerings
long before accepting the membership...

~Rob