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Article: A competitor for the XO laptop

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Donald Campbell
University Wire
01-08-2008
(The Pitt News) (UWIRE) PITTSBURGH -- The One Laptop per Child, or OLPC project, has been working in full force lately, attempting to get its XO laptop in the hands of underprivileged children all over the world. It seems to be having some success, as countries in Africa, South America and Asia are all strongly considering joining the club of OLPC investors.

Do not think, however, with a large percentage of the world as a possible market, that the laptop stands completely on its own, easily poised to become a monopoly. Intel, one of the major contributors to the XO program, recently announced it is breaking from the OLPC project to concentrate on ...

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