> From: David Farber <dave at farber.net>
> Date: January 5, 2008 3:18:26 PM MST
> To: "ip" <ip at v2.listbox.com>
> Subject: [IP] Intel on OLPC -- a IP report
> Reply-To: dave at farber.net
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Mulloy, Chuck [cmulloy at intel.com]
> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 3:13 PM
> To: David Farber
> Cc: Hoffman, David Legal
> Subject: Intel on OLPC
>
> Dave,
>
> Thanks for taking to time today to talk. Here is the Intel
> position on the OLPC resignation. We are truly sorry we could not
> find common ground on this.
>
> Best
>
> Chuck
>
> ______________________________________
>
>
> Intel and OLPC are in agreement on the need to provide children
> around the world with new opportunities to explore experiment and
> express themselves through the use of technology. However, Intel
> and OLPC have reached a philosophical impasse and Intel is no
> longer a member of OLPC.
>
> OLPC, through its chairman Nicholas Negroponte, had asked Intel to
> end its support for the non-OLPC platforms including the Intel
> designed classmate PC and to focus its support exclusively on the
> OLPC system the XO.
>
> Intel concluded that it cannot accommodate the OLPC request for two
> reasons: First Intel has long believed that there is no single
> solution to the needs of children in emerging and underdeveloped
> markets. We have always said there will be many solutions but the
> most important priority is to serve the need. Secondly, if Intel
> were to exclusively support the XO over other platforms it would
> force us to abandon our relationships with many local OEMs,
> suppliers and in some cases governments. Enabling a localized
> solution in developing countries is a core value in Intel?s efforts
> because it reaches beyond just the benefits for children to create
> home grown businesses and entrepreneurship. We believe that the
> more solution providers there are in this area the more quickly and
> efficiently the benefits will spread.
>
> It is unfortunate that after more than six months of discussion on
> this key point we have been unable to reach any agreement and have
> mutually elected to go our separate ways.
>
>
>
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