28-08-2017, 12:51 PM
To maximize their effectiveness, colour cases should be printed in color. In 2002, Professor Nicholas Negroponte, a successful venture capitalist, author and co-founder and chairman emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, announced his intention to build a PC so cheap to provide millions of children in Developing countries machines with capacity for Internet and multimedia. The concept, often referred to as a "$ 100 PC," was launched in the 2003 Media Lab before becoming an independent nonprofit association, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), founded by Negroponte in January of 2005. Time skeptics, including leaders in the technology industry, argued that it simply could not be done. Through innovative design and technology, Negroponte and his team demonstrated that they were wrong, but struggled to sell the concept and machines to the world's ministries of education, which would buy laptops for their school-age children. In addition, in 2007, many other low-cost PC options had emerged and OLPC had not yet started shipping, prompting some observers to wonder if the non-profit organization should reconsider its strategy and options.