Motive Behind the $100 Notebook: Profits

As we become more budget conscious, $500 seems to be a bit much for a standard machine, so what’s our next target? Why, It’s an over ambitious $100 notebook… There is one thing that interests me even more, and that is, why would they want to sell me a $100 notebook in the first place?

Let’s look at the people/companies who are currently showing interest in this project. It is being headed by MIT’s founding chairman Nicholas Negroponte with support from AMD, Apple, Google, Red Hat, Brightstar and News Corp. with $2 million in donations from the aforementioned companies.

The point of this analysis is that there are a lot of vested interests in this project, and Mr. Negroponte should make sure that no conflict of interest kills this otherwise noble project.

CoolTechZone

Even if the prototype $100 laptop computer unveiled by Nicholas Negroponte late Wednesday in Tunis had a couple of hiccups, the MIT Media Lab chairman was visibly excited about the prospect of placing the device in the hands of millions of schoolchildren around the globe.

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