<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><P style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><B>Intel endorses One Laptop Per Child; crank calls to Barrett's house end: </B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">Almost from the beginning of his </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.laptop.org/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2C4C8B">One Laptop Per Child</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> project, Nicholas Negroponte as been sniping at Intel, not just for its lack of support but for its seeming desire to win with a competing product. "Intel ... is just being silly," </SPAN></FONT><A href="http://svextra.com/blogs/gmsv/2007/02/quoted-422.html"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2C4C8B">he said in February</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">. "I went to them first. They dismissed the idea. ... After Intel Chairman Craig Barrett called One Laptop Per Child a 'gadget,' Intel developed their own gadget and talks of 'competing with One Laptop Per Child.' Huh? ... For Intel to be criticizing One Laptop Per Child is a bit like Johnson & Johnson picking on the Red Cross because they use Ace bandages." Intel's Barrett just rolled his eyes. "We're not trying to drive him out of business. We're trying to bring capability to young people," </SPAN></FONT><A href="http://svextra.com/blogs/gmsv/2007/05/quoted-552.html"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2C4C8B">he said in May after another volley from Negroponte</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">. "And it's more than just Intel. It's going to take the whole industry to do this. There are lots of opportunities for us to work together. That's why when you say this is competition, we're tying to drive him out of business: this is crazy."</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Well, apparently the craziness is over. </SPAN></FONT><A href="http://www.siliconvalley.com/latestheadlines/ci_6367572"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2C4C8B">Intel announced today that it would join the board of the OLPC project</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> and kick in money and expertise. </SPAN></FONT><A href="http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/07/13/intel-joins-one-laptop-per-child"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2C4C8B">Happy talk ensued</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">. "Joining OLPC is a further example of our commitment to education over the last 20 years and our belief in the role of technology in bringing the opportunities of the 21st century to children around the world, " said Paul Otellini, Intel CEO. And a now gracious Negroponte said, "Intel joins the OLPC board as a world leader in technology, helping reach the world's children. Collaboration with Intel means that the maximum number of laptops will reach children."</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">What this likely means is that OLPC's </SPAN></FONT><A href="http://www.laptop.org/laptop/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2C4C8B">crank-powered XO laptop</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> and Intel's plugged-in </SPAN></FONT><A href="http://www.intel.com/intel/worldahead/classmatepc/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2C4C8B">Classmate PC</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"> could be made available to governments in the developing world in package deals, perhaps with the XO serving rural areas and the Classmate going to urban districts. "There are an awful lot of educational scenarios between K and 12," said William Swope, Intel's director of corporate affairs. "We don't think all those are going to be served by any one form factor, by any one technology, by any one product." Meanwhile, AMD, which until now was the exclusive special friend of the OLPC, bit its lip and hoped it was not on the way to getting pushed aside, saying, "Intel's apparent change of heart is welcome, and we're sure they can make a positive contribution to this very worthy project for the benefit of children all over the world." </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><BR></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><A href="http://svextra.com/blogs/gmsv/2007/07/intel_endorses_one_laptop_per_child_crank_calls_to_barretts_house_end.html#respond"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2C4C8B"><I>Comment on this post</I></FONT></SPAN></FONT></A></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; line-height: 15.0px"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; line-height: 15.0px">From Good Morning Silicon Valley</P></BODY></HTML>