ZDNet, 15 February 2006
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6039808.html

>NEGROPONTE LEAVES MEDIA LAB
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>Nicholas Negroponte will step down from the chairmanship of MIT's
>Media Lab, which he cofounded in 1985, to pursue his project of
>supplying $100 laptops to developing countries. The United Nations has
>endorsed the plan, which Negroponte says will be a boon to education
>and development in the world's poorest nations. Negroponte has set up
>a nonprofit called One Laptop Per Child to develop the laptop and work
>for its implementation. In addition to Negroponte's departure, Walter
>Bender, director of the Media Lab, will take a two-year leave of
>absence to participate in the One Laptop Per Child program as president
>for software and content development. Replacing Bender at the lab will
>be Frank Moss, an entrepreneur who founded Tivoli Systems and
>Bowstreet, which were bought by IBM. In a statement, MIT President
>Susan Hockfield expressed her support for Moss, saying that his
>experience and interests are a good match for the goals of the Media
>Lab.
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