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WSJ: A Little Laptop With Big Ambitions – How a Computer for the Poor
Got Stomped by Tech Giants, By STEVE STECKLOW and JAMES BANDLER, November 24, 2007.

  • “Mr. Negroponte’s ambitious plan has been derailed, in part, by the power of his idea. For-profit companies threatened by the projected $100 price tag set off at a sprint to develop their own dirt-cheap machines, plunging Mr. Negroponte into unexpected competition against well-known brands such as Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating system.”
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