Intel and MIT's $100 laptop initiative kiss and make up

BB reader Andy Carvin says,

The AP is now reporting that Intel and MIT's $100 laptop initiative have ended their feud and will actually partner with each other. The two entities have been bashing each other in the press for some time now, dissing each other's technology like an east coast-west coast rap war. Intel will actually be joining the MIT project's board and contribute funding to their laptop's development.

For several years now, I've been screaming a particular mantra: When it comes to global development, different tools work best in different circumstances. There is no one single magic bullet, technological or otherwise, that will solve the ills of poverty, corruption or educational inequity.

With Intel and MIT coming together and acknowledging that their devices will have pros and cons depending on the circumstance, countries that embrace their technologies will hopefully be able to make smarter, more strategic choices. Less time will be wasted in debating whether a government should by this tool or that one as the sole answer to all of their needs, simply because the person pitching the tool is well-resourced or charismatic.

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