Laptop Project Blames Intel for Breakup
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Negroponte said that as a member of OLPC, Intel should do nothing to undercut distribution of the XO. Instead, he said that Intel used its position on the OLPC board to make its attacks on the XO more credible.Negroponte cited Peru, which has agreed to purchase 260,000 XO laptops. He said that after the deal was announced, Intel's top executive in Peru tried to sabotage it. "The head of Intel Peru goes to the vice minister in charge of OLPC's program, and starts saying, 'It's not going to work, it's never going to work; we know it's not going to work because we're on the board of directors.' " Negroponte said Intel used similar tactics to discourage officials in Mongolia from purchasing the XO.
