Rough Going on the Way to a $100 Laptop

The former president of the One Laptop Per Child project stepped down from his position earlier this week as the non-profit continues restructuring and faces competition from the private sector. Walter Bender directed the MIT Media Lab for six years before joining Nicholas Negroponte’s OLPC project in 2006. Negroponte, who cofounded the Media Lab in 1985, has overseen the “$100 laptop” project since its inception; however, three executives — including Bender — have left the organization since December 2007.