Word that the price of the so-called $100 laptop will now be upwards of $175 per unit is not sitting well with long-time observers of the One Laptop Per Child program, who fear the numbers might mean the initiative is in trouble. Reacting to reports that OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte now figures the innovative little units will cost at least $75 more than initially envisioned, Wayan Vota, the editor of One Laptop Per Child News, told TechNewsWorld he is “stunned” and “disappointed.”
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Reality Bites OLPC With Price Jump
Posted by: Fred J. Aun April 27, 2007 12:18 PMWord that the price of the so-called $100 laptop will now be upwards of $175 per unit is not sitting well with long-time observers of the One Laptop Per Child program, who fear the numbers might mean the initiative is in trouble. Reacting to reports that OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte now figures the innovative little units will cost at least $75 more than initially envisioned, Wayan Vota, the editor of One Laptop Per Child News, told TechNewsWorld he is “stunned” and “disappointed.”