At Media Fabrics for Media Makers, MIT Media Lab, June 20, 2008, Nicholas Negroponte discussed the status of the OLPC project and was very frank how some corporations have actively tried to sabotage the project. OLPC moves forward undeterred with plenty of cash in the bank, excellent technology, a clear vision, and strong ideas for the next generation. Here he showed a prototype of OLPC 2.0 which is more like a book. The best realization yet of Alan Kay’s vision of the Dynabook is probably OLPC. There are many good reasons why OLPC is a non-profit. If you’ve not seen the documentary, The Corporation, I recommend it, it offers an excellent explanation why a corporation would try to sabotage a humanitarian project. While there’s a lot of talk about corporate social responsibility today, the economic factors are working against it day in and day out.