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Nothing like an amicable parting of the ways amoung two mature organizations to warm the heart. But, naturally, the OLPC folks are having none of that. OLPC President Walter Bender had quite a few parting shots to assemble at the non-profit’s former board member, Intel. After explaining that Intel’s departure will have no impact on his organization, Bender accused Intel of making a “seemingly half-hearted

effort” to build an XO to OLPC’s spec. “The only thing they were interested in was … helping them form marketing statements about how Intel’s approach to learning was different from OLPC’s approach to learning,” said Bender. “They weren’t interested in how we can learn together and produce something better for kids.” Bender additionally complained of Intel’s unwillingness to help out on software and failure to perform in […]

Orginal post by Paul Miller