Comments on: Intel waves goodbye to OLPC http://www.deeshaa.org/2008/01/04/intel-waves-goodbye-to-olpc/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:41:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sudhanshuraheja http://www.deeshaa.org/2008/01/04/intel-waves-goodbye-to-olpc/comment-page-1/#comment-113324 sudhanshuraheja Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:33:28 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2008/01/04/intel-waves-goodbye-to-olpc/#comment-113324 As if being for-profit is blasphemy.. OLPC wants the competition to stop making inexpensive laptops because they (olpc) are non-profit. Not to say that their ex-CTO does not think so anymore. (and laid the seeds for a new for-profit) Anyways, the Intel laptop is actually costlier than the OLPC one. So maybe getting together with Olpc was a misjudgment on Intel's part, but looks like they have fixed it now. Moreover, I heard over at Fakestevejob, that OLPC refused to share sales figures for a project the claim was successful. Atanu has always maintained this stance, and I believe he has always been right. As if being for-profit is blasphemy..

OLPC wants the competition to stop making inexpensive laptops because they (olpc) are non-profit. Not to say that their ex-CTO does not think so anymore. (and laid the seeds for a new for-profit)

Anyways, the Intel laptop is actually costlier than the OLPC one. So maybe getting together with Olpc was a misjudgment on Intel’s part, but looks like they have fixed it now.

Moreover, I heard over at Fakestevejob, that OLPC refused to share sales figures for a project the claim was successful.

Atanu has always maintained this stance, and I believe he has always been right.

]]> By: Notsure http://www.deeshaa.org/2008/01/04/intel-waves-goodbye-to-olpc/comment-page-1/#comment-113287 Notsure Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:03:03 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2008/01/04/intel-waves-goodbye-to-olpc/#comment-113287 Atanu, wrote "If indeed it was about education, wouldn’t they have welcomed more and varied efforts by others in the same game?" I disagree with him here and Agree with Krishraghav in that OLPC does not stop any one from buying any one elses idea. Nor does OLPC have any leverage to do so. Atanu,
wrote “If indeed it was about education, wouldn’t they have welcomed more and varied efforts by others in the same game?”

I disagree with him here and Agree with Krishraghav in that
OLPC does not stop any one from buying any one elses idea.
Nor does OLPC have any leverage to do so.

]]> By: Notsure http://www.deeshaa.org/2008/01/04/intel-waves-goodbye-to-olpc/comment-page-1/#comment-113286 Notsure Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:55:52 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2008/01/04/intel-waves-goodbye-to-olpc/#comment-113286 Intel joining and leaving had a lot to do with intel trying to get OLPC to switch away from AMD. Krishraghav AMDs in it for the profit too. IMO one could easily look at the amound of soda kids in US consume and educational subsidy of 1 can of soda/child/day. That will cause the rest of them to burp up innovative ideas like the western(not quite true for its only japanese are also leader in innovation (despite aging workforce) Intel joining and leaving had a lot to do with intel trying to get OLPC to switch away from AMD.

Krishraghav
AMDs in it for the profit too.

IMO
one could easily look at the amound of soda kids in US consume and educational subsidy of 1 can of soda/child/day.
That will cause the rest of them to burp up innovative ideas like the western(not quite true for its only japanese are also leader in innovation
(despite aging workforce)

]]> By: krishraghav http://www.deeshaa.org/2008/01/04/intel-waves-goodbye-to-olpc/comment-page-1/#comment-113275 krishraghav Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:56:35 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2008/01/04/intel-waves-goodbye-to-olpc/#comment-113275 No. Notice that it was the Intel spokesperson who claimed that as the reason for Intel's departure. Intel has been pushing their own Classmate PC, bundled with proprietary software (compared to the OLPCs open-source), and the OLPC itself has rejected using Intel chips in their laptops (because they consume much higher power than was desirable), and have chosen Intel's arch rivals AMD for the job. The split was inevitable, and this is just mudslinging on Intel's part. OLPC does not want Intel to 'stop work on any products that are likely to compete with the OLPC.' Their philosophy, as a non-profit education initiative is clearly different from Intel's. No. Notice that it was the Intel spokesperson who claimed that as the reason for Intel’s departure.

Intel has been pushing their own Classmate PC, bundled with proprietary software (compared to the OLPCs open-source), and the OLPC itself has rejected using Intel chips in their laptops (because they consume much higher power than was desirable), and have chosen Intel’s arch rivals AMD for the job.

The split was inevitable, and this is just mudslinging on Intel’s part.

OLPC does not want Intel to ’stop work on any products that are likely to compete with the OLPC.’ Their philosophy, as a non-profit education initiative is clearly different from Intel’s.

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