Who told you not to lay off LinuxOLPC and pay down?

Article Title: who frees you from LinuxOLPC downsizing and salary reduction. Linux is a technology channel of the IT lab in China. Including desktop applications, Linux system management, kernel research, embedded systems and open-source, and other basic categories, Beijing time on August 1, January 8 news, according to foreign media reports, OLPC ($100 laptop project) announced on Wednesday, affected by the economic downturn, the agency will cut staff by 50% while lowering the salaries of remaining employees.

"Like many other non-profit organizations, in the face of the current economic downturn, OLPC also needs to cut costs through layoffs," said Nicolas Negroponte, founder of OLPC. Today, we decided to cut off 50%, and the salary of the remaining 32 employees will be lowered. We are deeply saddened by this, but will continue to fulfill our mission to promote cheap laptops to the education market in developing countries. We would like to express our gratitude for their contributions to the laid-down employees ."

The $100 laptop developed by OLPC is divided into Windows XP and Linux, mainly for the education market in developing countries. However, the OLPC plan was not very smooth. the notebook was originally priced at $100, but the current manufacturing cost is $188.

In addition, OLPC laptops face the challenges of Intel "student PC" and other low-cost laptops. Some countries have adjusted their previous ordering plans and reduced their ordering scale. In addition, several executives, including chief technology officer Mary Jepsen, also left OLPC.