Looks like the co-operation between Intel and the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative has come to a grinding halt with Intel's decision to quit the OLPC board. The OLPC is an open source software based laptop targeted at emerging markets with a price of around $200. The OLPC initiative was developed by Nicholas Negroponte, founding director of MIT's media lab, and maintained quite a high profile in recent yea Looks like the co-operation between Intel and the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative has come to a grinding halt with Intel’s decision to quit the OLPC board. The OLPC is an open source software based laptop targeted at emerging markets with a price of around $200. The OLPC initiative was developed by Nicholas Negroponte, founding director of MIT’s media lab, and maintained quite a high profile in recent years despite the fact that the PCs are over budget and have fallen short of the original forecast.Tensions between Intel and the OLPC trace back to OLPC’s decision to use AMD processors. Intel had launched their own educational laptop targeted to developing nations called the ClassMate PC. It looks like both sides agreed to bury the hatchet when Intel joined the OLPC board in July 2007, but even then, the agreement required “mutual non-disparagement” agreements. Not usually a good sign of a working partnership. Now it’s come to a nasty end with Intel and OLPC parting ways and quite a bit of public acrimony. In a Fortune magazine interview with David Kirkpatrick Negroponte likened Intel to McDonalds trying to compete with World Food Program. He also called Intel’s commitment to OLPC as half-hearted, saying they never lived up to their commitments. Them’s fighting words. This seems like a major gaffe on Intel’s part. Open Source