The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project has announced that current CFO Charles Kane will be stepping into the roles of President and Chief Operating Officer of the organization as the non-profit looks to put recent snafus and key personnel losses behind then. OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte will stay on board as Chairman, and will focus on fundraising and promoting OLPC to world governments; Kane will assume responsibility for all OLPC operations, as well as negotiating agreements with third parties.
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OLPC Security Chief Resigns
The OLPC project’s director of security architecture Ivan Krstić has resigned from the non-profit organization, characterizing OLPC’s recent restructuring as “drastic” and a radical shift from the organization’s original goals. Krstić revealed on a Web site entry he resigned the post three weeks ago.
“Not long ago, OLPC undertook a drastic internal restructuring coupled with what, despite official claims to the contrary, is a radical change in its goals and vision from those that were shared with me when I was invited to join the project,” Krstić wrote. “I cannot subscribe to the organization’s new aims or structure in good faith, nor can I reconcile them with my personal ethic.”
PC Gaming Alliance Unites Industry
While every gaming console has a manufacturer to rabidly promote it as a gaming platform, PC gaming has gone without a major backing organization to look out for its interests – until now. On Tuesday, nine major PC hardware and software companies announced the formation of the PC Gaming Alliance, an organization dedicated to promoting PC gaming.
According to the organization’s press release, it will “focus on driving coordinated marketing and promotion of PC gaming, consistent and accurate reporting of PC gaming market sizing and research, and creating forums for member companies to cooperate on solutions to challenges facing the PC gaming industry, such as hardware requirements, anti-piracy, and more.” It will also create guidelines for member companies and issue recommendations.
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