Walter Bender leaves OLPC

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

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Former President of Software and Content for the OLPC project, Walter Bender, has stepped down after differences with Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the project. He disagreed with Negroponte’s move to put Windows XP on the laptops to increase their marketability.

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