Negroponte - missionary not manufacturer
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Posted by: Justina Spencer
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It was one of the more arresting moments of my broadcasting career. In the middle of our interview, Nicholas Negroponte picked up a laptop on the coffee table in front of him and flung it across the room. But this was not just any laptop - it was the machine created by Mr Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child organisation. And he wasn't furious with me, just trying to make a point about the rugged virtues of the XO laptop in a very graphical manner. |
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Source: BBC News (UK) | Published: December 18th, 2008
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