A Little Laptop With Big Ambitions

Update on Low-Cost Laptops: How a Computer for the PoorGot Stomped by Tech Giants. Steve Stecklow and James Bandler. Wall Street Journal. Online November 2007. … Negroponte's ambitious plan has been derailed, in part, by the power of his idea. For-profit companies threatened by the projected $100 price tag set off at a sprint to develop their own dirt-cheap machines, plunging Mr. Negroponte into unexpected competition against well-known brands such as Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system. …