News from Industry'$100 laptop' sparks war of words

'$100 laptop' sparks war of words. BBC. Online May 2007. ... the $100 laptop initiative ... founder Nicholas Negroponte … accused Intel of selling its own cut-price laptop - the Classmate - below cost to drive him out of markets. … Craig Barrett … Intel's chairman denied the claims. …(OLPC) will initially cost $176 (£90) but the eventual aim is to sell the machine to governments of developing countries for $100 (£50). … Intel says it already has orders for "thousands" of Classmates, which currently cost over $200 (£100). …