OLPC should be 'more like Microsoft'

Shakil published 07 Mar 2008, 17:55 in main - 272 views

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The strife-torn One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project is looking for a new CEO, as the non-profit organisation's high-profile chairman has said it now needs to be run with the ruthless efficiency of a commercial organisation.

OLPC’s three-year-old effort to develop a cheap XO laptop for 150 million children in developing countries has been plagued by rising costs, poor distribution and disappointing orders from governments, its target customers. The original $100 price of the laptop has risen to $188.

Just last month alone it lost its chief technology officer and partner Intel quit after OLPC insisted Intel abandon its effort to develop and distribute Classmate PC, a rival low-cost laptop. OLPC later said that it would welcome Intel back to the effort.

Now chairman and multimedia pioneer Nicholas Negroponte has told BusinessWeek the OLPC's habit of operating "almost like a terrorist group, doing almost impossible things" needs to stop and it needs to be managed "more like Microsoft".

News source: Computerworlduk

Tags: OLPC, One Laptop Per Child, Microsoft

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