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Why OLPC’s $100 laptop never stood a chance

Overhead view of laptops, charts, and reports used for data analysis on a desk.
Illustrative photo.Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich on Pexels

What happened

For a bunch of thinkers and executives in Silicon Valley, it felt like the way to fix everything. But the One Laptop Per Child initiative, and the XO-1 laptop designed to be given away, were both more complicated than anyone expected.

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